Andrew County Jail

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The Andrew County Jail is located at 402 W. Market Street in Savannah, MO and is a medium security county jail operated by the Andrew County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you all the information about everything you might want to know about the Andrew County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Andrew County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Andrew County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Andrew County Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people currently in custody, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get info about anyone processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find the information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Andrew County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Andrew County Jail is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you use the telephone in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged will take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get discharged. It also might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate must figure out your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Andrew County Jail Visitation

Inmates need to list information about each visitor to the Andrew County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put into a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

The Andrew County Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the official Andrew County Jail at (816) 324-3511 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Andrew County Jail you have to first have your name on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Andrew County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must 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, 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 Andrew County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Andrew County 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 Andrew County 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 Andrew County 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 court records on the website or call the jail directly. 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, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file containing a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Andrew County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Andrew County Jail inmates could change, so it would be best to visit the Andrew County Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Andrew County 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 Andrew County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (816) 324-3511 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 Andrew County Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear 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 an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items 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

All phone calls from the Andrew County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Andrew County Jail phone number is: (816) 324-3511

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Andrew County 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 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 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 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 or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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