Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men

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The Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men is located at 1415 Highway 520 in Homer, LA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Claiborne Parish Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you info about anything one might want to know about the Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men, such as how to locate an inmate at the Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the advice and information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and also any tips or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men Inmate Search has information about individuals who have been arrested, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find the same information for anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their inmate information faster if you enter their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer some questions, like your legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

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

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process takes anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. Also, it can depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on your bail amount. For lesser charges, 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, plan to get released in the morning.

Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s name to the Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men in advance. Your visitors will be entered in a log of visitors for the inmate. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so make sure that you call the official Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men at (318) 927-4201 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men you have to be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men 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 Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men. 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 Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Claiborne Parish jail website or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that contains a docket and any filings and documents filed in your case. You can access court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for crimes, which include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates might change, so you should double check the Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men

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 Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (318) 927-4201 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 Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men store. An inmate can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep 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 an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

The only phone calls that Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (318) 927-4201

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men. 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their inmate 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 Claiborne Parish – Detention Center For Men, click the link below.

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