Gosper County Jail

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The Gosper County Jail is located at 507 Smith Avenue in Elwood, NE and is a medium security county jail operated by the Gosper County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything a person needs to know about the Gosper County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer advice and information that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that could help others is much appreciated.

Gosper County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Gosper County Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and times you can visit. You can find information on anyone booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information fast if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Gosper County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Gosper County Jail is made up of 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.

First you must answer some questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued 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.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge still needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Gosper County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Gosper County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the visitors log for the inmate. All visitors will be required to provide identification. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Gosper County Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the jail at (308) 785-2420 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Gosper County Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Gosper County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons 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 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 Gosper County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Gosper 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 Gosper 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 Gosper 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants online or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Gosper County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file containing a court docket and any of the documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to the Gosper County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail change frequently, so we suggest that you double check the Gosper County Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Gosper 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 Gosper County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (308) 785-2420 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 Gosper County Jail store. You can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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

The only phone calls that Gosper County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

The Gosper County Jail phone number is: (308) 785-2420

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make 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 Gosper County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances 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 cases like this, the jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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