Shaw Police Jail

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The Shaw Police Jail is located at 214 White Oak Street in Shaw, MS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Shaw Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything related to the Shaw Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Shaw Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and tips you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that would be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Shaw Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Shaw Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about people who have been arrested, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find information on anyone booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Shaw Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

First, you must answer some simple questions, such as what is your full legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and 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 away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you use the phone to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take from 15 minutes to all day. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you have a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, expect to get released in the morning.

Shaw Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Shaw Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Shaw Police Jail are always changing, so you should call the official Shaw Police Jail at 662-754-5741 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

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

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

No phones are allowed at Shaw Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Shaw Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Shaw 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 Shaw 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 Shaw 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the Bolivar County jail website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. 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 know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all documents filed in the case. You can access court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Bolivar County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates can change at any time, so check the Shaw Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Shaw 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 Shaw Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 662-754-5741 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 Shaw Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Shaw Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 662-754-5741

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits 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 Shaw Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 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 calling your inmate. In some cases, 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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