Elko Police Jail

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The Elko Police Jail is located at 1401 College Avenue in Elko, NV and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Elko Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Elko Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Elko Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Elko County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Elko Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Elko Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about people who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to find information on anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Elko Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Elko Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

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

The first step is that you must answer some simple questions, like your legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to use the telephone so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, it depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, expect to be released in the morning.

Elko Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Elko Police Jail before you can visit. This information will be entered in a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so call the official Elko Police Jail at 775-777-7310 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Elko Police Jail you have to be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Elko Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 the 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 Elko Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Elko 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 Elko 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 Elko 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants inquiry online or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Elko County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to the Elko County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates is likely to change, so it would be best to check the Elko Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Elko 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 Elko Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 775-777-7310 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 Elko 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 buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Elko Police Jail inmates are allowed to make 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. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls might get reduced or forbidden.

The Elko Police Jail phone number is: 775-777-7310

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Elko 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 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county 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 calling 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. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail 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 Elko Police Jail, click the link below.

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