Bryan County Jail

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The Bryan County Jail is located at 125 South 5th Avenue in Durant, OK and is a medium security county jail operated by the Bryan County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Bryan County Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Bryan County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that could help other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Bryan County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bryan County Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people currently in custody, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find info on anyone arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information fast if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Bryan County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Bryan County Jail is made up of each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you will have to answer a number of questions, such as your legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call in order to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, it can depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a discharge date, expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Bryan County Jail Visitation

Inmates need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Bryan County Jail in advance of the visit. This information will go into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Bryan County Jail change often, so we suggest that you call the official Bryan County Jail at (580) 924-7583 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Bryan County Jail you have to first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Bryan County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally 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 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 Bryan County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bryan 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 Bryan 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 Bryan 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the Bryan County court website or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, 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 jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Bryan County Jail inmates might change, so it would be best to double check the Bryan County Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bryan 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 Bryan County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (580) 924-7583 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 Bryan County Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have money in their 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

All phone calls from the Bryan County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on 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 are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (580) 924-7583

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 from all of the inmate phone calls are shared 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 Bryan County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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