Desoto County Jail

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The Desoto County Jail is located at 311 West South Street in Hernando, MS and is a medium security county jail operated by the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Desoto County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information that you’ll need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that could help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Desoto County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Desoto County Jail Inmate Roster has information about people who are in jail, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to get the same information for anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate the information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Desoto County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You have to answer a number of questions, such as your full name, your address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

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

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

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. So, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge must decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the date of your release, plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Desoto County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s full name to the Desoto County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Desoto County Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so call the official Desoto County Jail at (662) 429-1475 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Desoto County Jail you have to first have your name on 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.

No mobile phones at Desoto County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not approved.

If the 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 magazines to an inmate at the Desoto County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Desoto 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 Desoto 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 Desoto 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can access court records on the website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. 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 the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the DeSoto County jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the documents and filings filed in the case. You can access court records on their website, or at the DeSoto County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail are always changing, so we suggest that you check the Desoto County Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Desoto 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 Desoto County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (662) 429-1475 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 Desoto County Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Desoto County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated completely.

The Desoto County Jail phone number is: (662) 429-1475

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Desoto County Jail. The rates 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 state prisons and local jails learning 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 calling your inmate. 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 so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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