Dewey County Jail

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The Dewey County Jail is located at 702 C Street in Timber Lake, SD and is a medium security county jail operated by the Dewey County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Dewey County Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Dewey County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and advice you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others will be much appreciated.

Dewey County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Dewey County Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and times you can visit. You can also get info on anyone arrested and booked or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to get the information fast if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Dewey County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Dewey County Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will get put 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 will answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process will take from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the discharge date, plan to get discharged in the morning.

Dewey County Jail Visitation

Inmates must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Dewey County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be put in a log of visitors as an approved visitor. Every visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so call the facility at (605) 865-3330 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Dewey County Jail you must first be added to their visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Dewey County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 magazines to an inmate at the Dewey County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Dewey 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 Dewey 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 Dewey 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants online or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Dewey County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file containing a docket and any documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access court records on the website, or at the Dewey County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are 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 offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Dewey County Jail could change, so be sure to visit the Dewey County Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Dewey 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 Dewey County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (605) 865-3330 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 Dewey County Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, 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 money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Dewey County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to 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 break the jail rules, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated altogether.

The Dewey County Jail phone number is: (605) 865-3330

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 how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all of the 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 Dewey County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 figuring out how to lower 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility 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 Dewey County Jail, click the link below.

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