Fall River County Jail

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The Fall River County Jail is located at 906 North River Street in Hot Springs, SD and is a medium security county jail operated by the Fall River County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Fall River County Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Fall River County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer info that you’ll need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to others would be welcome.

Fall River County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fall River County Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can get the same information for anyone arrested and booked or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Fall River County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Fall River County Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to use the phone so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. This process takes from 15 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged. Also, it depends on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge needs to decide on the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Fall River County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Fall River County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will go in a log of visitors as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor must provide identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Fall River County Jail frequently change, so we suggest that you call the jail at (605) 745-4444 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Fall River County Jail you have to be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Fall River 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 prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 Fall River County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fall River 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 Fall River 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 Fall River 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Fall River County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that includes a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the case. You can access court records online, or at the Fall River County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates could change, so be sure to double check the Fall River County Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fall River 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 Fall River County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (605) 745-4444 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 Fall River County Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably 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 purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Fall River County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls could be reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: (605) 745-4444

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Fall River 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 state prisons and local 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their inmate 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 Fall River County Jail, click the link below.

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