Jerauld County Jail

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The Jerauld County Jail is located at 205 South Wallace Avenue in Wessington Springs, SD and is a medium security county jail operated by the Jerauld County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about everything related to the Jerauld County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Jerauld County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you advice and information you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Jerauld County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Jerauld County Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find the same information for anyone arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can find their inmate information faster if you have your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Jerauld County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Jerauld County Jail is made up of each of the following 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.

You will answer some questions, like your full legal name, street address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to use the phone so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. This process may take anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you have a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, you should plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Jerauld County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the Jerauld County Jail in advance. This information will be entered into the visitation log for the inmate. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at (605) 539-1311 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Jerauld County Jail you must be on their visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Jerauld County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they will have to 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 old 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Jerauld County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Jerauld 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 Jerauld 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 Jerauld 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 an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the court records on the Jerauld County jail website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket and any filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to the Jerauld County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Jerauld County Jail might change, so we suggest that you check the Jerauld County Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Jerauld 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 Jerauld County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (605) 539-1311 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 Jerauld County Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Jerauld County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are much more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or cut altogether.

The Jerauld County Jail phone number is: (605) 539-1311

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Jerauld County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different 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 a lot of money 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 these cases, the jail or prison 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 Jerauld County Jail, click the link below.

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