Hot Springs County Jail

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The Hot Springs County Jail is located at 417 Aropahoe in Thermopolis, WY and is a medium security county jail operated by the Hot Springs County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything you might need to know about the Hot Springs County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Hot Springs County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information and advice that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that could help others would be welcome.

Hot Springs County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hot Springs County Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, including custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find info on anyone processed or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find their arrest information faster if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Hot Springs County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When 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 a number of questions, such as your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and 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, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process takes anywhere between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the quicker you post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you have a bond amount or if a judge needs to determine your bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the discharge date, plan to be discharged in the morning.

Hot Springs County Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide information about each visitor to the Hot Springs County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the visitation log for the requesting inmate. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so it would be wise to call the facility at (304) 864-3951 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Hot Springs County Jail you must be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to bring 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 phones at Hot Springs County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain 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 and is a family member of 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Hot Springs County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs 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 might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Hot Springs County jail website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Hot Springs County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Hot Springs County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates might change, so double check the Hot Springs County Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (304) 864-3951 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 Hot Springs County Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These items 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 Hot Springs County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are usually pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (304) 864-3951

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each 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 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 Hot Springs County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 finding 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 calling 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 therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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