Salem Police Jail

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The Salem Police Jail is located at 500 North Jackson Street in Salem, MO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Salem Police Department.

This guide tells you info about anything you might want to know about the Salem Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Salem Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give advice and information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and any comments or tips that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Salem Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Salem Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find information on anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their inmate information faster if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Salem Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Salem Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you use the telephone to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. This process may take anywhere between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will be freed. It also can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the judge must decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a release date, expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Salem Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give information about each visitor to the Salem Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be put in the log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

The Salem Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the jail at 573-729-4242 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Salem Police Jail you have to first have your name on their approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Salem Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, this visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Salem Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Salem Police Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Salem Police Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Salem Police Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you think you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Dent County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a docket and any documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail is likely to change, so be sure to review the Salem Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Salem Police Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Salem Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 573-729-4242 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Salem Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products such as soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

All phone calls from the Salem Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden.

The Salem Police Jail phone number is: 573-729-4242

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the inmate phone calls are shared with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Salem Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For state prisons and local jails figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Salem Police Jail, click the link below.

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