Cody Police Jail

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The Cody Police Jail is located at 1402 River View Drive in Cody, WY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Cody Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything you might want to know about the Cody Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Cody Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and tips you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that could help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Cody Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Cody Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and times you can visit. You can also find info about anyone processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information faster if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Cody Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Cody Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

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

They will let you make a telephone call in order to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged may take from 15 minutes to many hours. So, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Cody Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Cody Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will go into a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Cody Police Jail are always changing, so we suggest that you call the facility at 307-527-8700 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Cody Police Jail you have to be on their visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Cody Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 and is not related to 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 magazines to an inmate at the Cody Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Cody 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 Cody 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 Cody 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 might have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Park County court website or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that there is an outstanding 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, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These state databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. Go to the Park County Courthouse and inquire, 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 totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail could change, so you should check the Cody Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Cody 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 Cody Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 307-527-8700 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 Cody Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind 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 a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products like 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 Cody Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 307-527-8700

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies 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 inmate phone calls are split 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 Cody Police Jail. The prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their 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 Cody Police Jail, click the link below.

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