Cedar County Jail

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The Cedar County Jail is located at 101 East Centre Street in Hartington, NE and is a medium security county jail operated by the Cedar County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about anything you might want to know about the Cedar County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give advice and information that you’ll need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to others will be much appreciated.

Cedar County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Cedar County Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people currently in custody, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to get information for anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Cedar County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

You will answer a bunch of questions, such as your full name, home address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you make a phone call in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take from 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will be released. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge must determine how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, you should plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Cedar County Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide each visitor’s name to the Cedar County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be entered in the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor will be required to provide identification. Anyone arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Cedar County Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the facility at (402) 254-6451 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Cedar County Jail you have to be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Cedar County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Cedar County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Cedar 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 Cedar 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 Cedar 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, you can check arrest warrants on the website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Cedar County Jail can change at any time, so it would be best to double check the Cedar County Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Cedar 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 Cedar County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (402) 254-6451 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 Cedar County Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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

The only phone calls that Cedar County Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are much pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to 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 rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden.

The Cedar County Jail phone number is: (402) 254-6451

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Cedar 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 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 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 will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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