Cheyenne County Sheriff

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The Cheyenne County Sheriff is located at P.O. Box 363 in Cheyenne Wells, CO and is a medium security county jail operated by the Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about anything related to the Cheyenne County Sheriff, like how to find an inmate at the Cheyenne County Sheriff, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and tips you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that would help others will be appreciated.

Cheyenne County Sheriff Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Cheyenne County Sheriff Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals currently in custody, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get the same information about anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Cheyenne County Sheriff Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Cheyenne County Sheriff includes each of these steps:

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

First you will have to answer some questions, like your legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged will take anywhere from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released depends on if you have a cash bond amount or if a judge has to determine how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Cheyenne County Sheriff Visitation

The inmate need to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Cheyenne County Sheriff in advance. Your visitors will be put into a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Cheyenne County Sheriff can change, so call the facility at (719) 767-5633 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Cheyenne County Sheriff you must first be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Cheyenne County Sheriff, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a 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 the 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Cheyenne County Sheriff. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Cheyenne County Sheriff 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 Cheyenne County Sheriff. 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 Cheyenne County Sheriff 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 the arrest warrants inquiry on the Cheyenne County court website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any documents filed in your case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to the Cheyenne County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DWI or DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Cheyenne County Sheriff are always changing, so it would be best to review the Cheyenne County Sheriff site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Cheyenne County Sheriff

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 Cheyenne County Sheriff uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (719) 767-5633 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 Cheyenne County Sheriff store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Cheyenne County Sheriff are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (719) 767-5633

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 get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Cheyenne County Sheriff. The prices 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 lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail 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 Cheyenne County Sheriff, click the link below.

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