Linn Police Jail

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The Linn Police Jail is located at 1200 East Main Street in Linn, MO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Linn Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything you might want to know about the Linn Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Linn Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information that you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

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Who’s In Jail

The Linn Police Jail Inmate List has information about people who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find the same information on anyone processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find their arrest information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Linn Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Linn Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If 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 answer some basic questions, such as what is your full name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to use the phone so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process can take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. So, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge needs to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Linn Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Linn Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go in a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. All visitors is required to provide identification. Visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so we suggest that you call the official Linn Police Jail at 573-897-4234 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Linn Police Jail you have to first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Linn Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Linn Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Linn 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 Linn 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 Linn 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check court records on the website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Osage County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the Osage County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Linn Police Jail inmates can change at any time, so review the Linn Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Linn 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 Linn Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 573-897-4234 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 Linn Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products including 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

The only phone calls that Linn Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 573-897-4234

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Linn Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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