Hughes County Jail

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The Hughes County Jail is located at 119 North Euclid Avenue in Pierre, SD and is a medium security county jail operated by the Hughes County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Hughes County Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Hughes County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information and advice you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that might help other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Hughes County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hughes County Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who have been arrested, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find info about anybody booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Hughes County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Hughes County Jail includes the following steps:

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

First you have to answer some simple questions, such as what is your full name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to wear 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. Getting discharged from jail can take from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge has to determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should plan to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Hughes County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide information about each visitor to the Hughes County Jail before you can visit. This information will be put into a log of visitors as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Hughes County Jail change often, so we suggest that you call the facility at (605) 773-7475 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Hughes County Jail you have to be on this person’s visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Hughes County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 younger than 18 years of age and is not related to 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 magazines to an inmate at the Hughes County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hughes 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 Hughes 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 Hughes 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 check arrest warrants on the Hughes County court website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Hughes County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information 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 sheet and all of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access court records online, or at the Hughes County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records 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 offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Hughes County Jail inmates might change, so it would be best to visit the Hughes County Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hughes 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 Hughes County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (605) 773-7475 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 Hughes County Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want 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 buy if they have money in their account. These products 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 Hughes County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden completely.

The Hughes County Jail phone number is: (605) 773-7475

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set 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 Hughes County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t 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 inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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