Brown County Jail

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The Brown County Jail is located at 22 SE Court Street in Aberdeen, SD and is a medium security county jail operated by the Brown County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Brown County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information and tips you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Brown County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Brown County Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals who have been arrested, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find info about anyone arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information fast if you enter their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Brown County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Brown County Jail is made up of these steps:

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

You have to answer some simple questions, such as what is your full name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued 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 from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone in order to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, if not you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, it might depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the magistrate must decide on the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to be released that morning.

Brown County Jail Visitation

The inmate must list each visitor’s full name to the Brown County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will go into the log for the inmate. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

The Brown County Jail visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at (605) 626-7100 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Brown County Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Brown County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Brown County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Brown 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 Brown 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 Brown 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants online or you can call the court. This requires a 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 the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Brown County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket and any filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Brown County Jail might change, so we suggest that you check the Brown County Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Brown 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 Brown County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (605) 626-7100 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 Brown County Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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

The only phone calls that Brown County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated altogether.

The Brown County Jail phone number is: (605) 626-7100

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies 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 Brown County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease 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 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 therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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