Box Elder County Jail

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The Box Elder County Jail is located at 52 South 1000 West in Brigham City, UT and is a medium security county jail operated by the Box Elder County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Box Elder County Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Box Elder County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the advice and information that you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Box Elder County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Box Elder County Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and visiting schedule. You can also get information on anybody processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Box Elder County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Box Elder County Jail includes each of these steps:

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

You have to answer some basic questions, like your full name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to make a telephone call in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process takes anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. So, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. Also, it might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, you should expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Box Elder County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Box Elder County Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be entered into a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so it would be wise to call the official Box Elder County Jail at (435) 279-8889 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Box Elder County Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Box Elder County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Box Elder County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Box Elder 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 Box Elder 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 Box Elder 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the Box Elder County jail website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Box Elder County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that contains a court docket and all documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, 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 people in jail can change at any time, so review the Box Elder County Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Box Elder 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 Box Elder County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (435) 279-8889 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 Box Elder County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Box Elder County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are much pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges may be limited or forbidden completely.

The Box Elder County Jail phone number is: (435) 279-8889

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 how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Box Elder County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 state prisons and local jails figuring 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 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 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 cases like this, the jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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