Franklin County Jail

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The Franklin County Jail is located at 1 Bruns Drive in Union, MO and is a medium security county jail operated by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you info about anything you might want to know about the Franklin County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you info that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or feedback that might help others would be appreciated.

Franklin County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Franklin County Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find information on anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you’ve got their name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Franklin County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Franklin County Jail includes these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer a number of questions, like what is your full name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you make a telephone call in order to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged takes from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. It also depends on whether or not you have a bond amount or if a magistrate must figure out your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, you should plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Franklin County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide information about each visitor to the Franklin County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will go in the visitation log as an approved visitor. All visitors has to provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so you should call the jail at (636) 583-2560 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Franklin County Jail you must have your name on their visitation list.

Be 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 cellphones are allowed at Franklin County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they must 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 Franklin County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Franklin 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 Franklin 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 Franklin 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 for your arrest, you are able to check the court records online or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Franklin County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in your case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the Franklin County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Franklin County Jail inmates is likely to change, so we suggest that you visit the Franklin County Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Franklin 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 Franklin County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (636) 583-2560 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 Franklin County Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have 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

All phone calls from the Franklin County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Franklin County Jail phone number is: (636) 583-2560

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider 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 Franklin County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. In some cases, 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 facility has set their 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 Franklin County Jail, click the link below.

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