Harlan County Jail

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The Harlan County Jail is located at 706 West 2nd Street in Alma, NE and is a medium security county jail operated by the Harlan County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Harlan County Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Harlan County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and advice you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and also any tips or comments that would be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Harlan County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Harlan County Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals who are in jail, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can also get info for anyone arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Harlan County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Harlan County Jail is made up of these steps:

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

You have to answer some basic questions, such as what is your full legal name, home address, date of birth and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to make a phone call to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get let go. It also depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, plan to be released that morning.

Harlan County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s full name to the Harlan County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be put into a Visiting log for the inmate. Every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so you should call the official Harlan County Jail at (308) 928-2147 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Harlan County Jail you must first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Harlan County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Harlan County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Harlan 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 Harlan 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 Harlan 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 check arrest warrants inquiry on the Harlan County court website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Harlan County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file that contains a docket and all of the documents filed in your case. You can access your court records on the website, or at the Harlan County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Harlan County Jail jail inmates change frequently, so you should review the Harlan County Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Harlan 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 Harlan County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (308) 928-2147 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 Harlan County Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need 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 products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products including 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 Harlan County Jail inmates are allowed to make 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. There are certain restrictions about when and 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, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Harlan County Jail phone number is: (308) 928-2147

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Harlan County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 figuring 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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