Yuma Police Jail

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The Yuma Police Jail is located at 216 East 3Rd Avenue in Yuma, CO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Yuma Police Department.

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

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information that you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that might help other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Yuma Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Yuma Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and visiting hours. You can also find info about anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their inmate information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Yuma Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Yuma Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

First you must answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, home address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to use the telephone to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing 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 leave jail. This process will take from 15 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get released. Also, how fast you get released can depend on if you have a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, expect to get discharged in the morning.

Yuma Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give information about each visitor to the Yuma Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will go into a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Yuma Police Jail can change, so it would be wise to call the facility at 970-848-5441 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Yuma Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Yuma Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not 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, 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 Yuma Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Yuma 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 Yuma 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 Yuma 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 access court records on the Yuma County court website or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a court docket and all documents filed in the case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Yuma Police Jail is likely to change, so we suggest that you review the Yuma Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Yuma 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 Yuma Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 970-848-5441 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 Yuma Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase 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 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 commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Yuma Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or cut altogether.

The Yuma Police Jail phone number is: 970-848-5441

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. 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 Yuma Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 learning 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 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. In some cases, we will not 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 or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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