Colfax County Jail

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The Colfax County Jail is located at 411 East 11th Street in Schuyler, NE and is a medium security county jail operated by the Colfax County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about everything one might want to know about the Colfax County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Colfax County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and tips you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that might help other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Colfax County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Colfax County Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get the same information for anybody processed or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you have their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Colfax County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Colfax County Jail includes these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged will take anywhere between 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, expect to be released that morning.

Colfax County Jail Visitation

Inmates need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Colfax County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put in the log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so call the facility at (402) 352-8514 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Colfax County Jail you have to first be on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Colfax County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 of age and is not related to the inmate, this 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 Colfax County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Colfax 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 Colfax 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 Colfax 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 might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records online or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Colfax County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Colfax County Jail inmates change frequently, so visit the Colfax County Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Colfax 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 Colfax County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (402) 352-8514 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 Colfax County Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Colfax County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates 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 and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or cut altogether.

The Colfax County Jail phone number is: (402) 352-8514

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all 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 Colfax County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 figuring out how to lower 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 calling your inmate. In some cases, we won’t 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 calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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