Mcdonald County Jail

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The Mcdonald County Jail is located at 300 East 7th Street in Pineville, MO and is a medium security county jail operated by the McDonald County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you all the information about anything related to the Mcdonald County Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Mcdonald County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find McDonald County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and tips you need to make the process easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that would help others is much appreciated.

Mcdonald County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mcdonald County Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who are in jail, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find information on anyone who has been arrested or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information more quickly if you have their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Mcdonald County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Mcdonald County Jail includes each of these steps:

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

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

You will get to make a phone call in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process may take between 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, it will depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate must figure out how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Mcdonald County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Mcdonald County Jail in advance. This information will go in the visitors log as an authorized visitor. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Mcdonald County Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at (417) 223-7429 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Mcdonald County Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Mcdonald County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of 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 Mcdonald County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mcdonald 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 Mcdonald 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 Mcdonald 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 an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the court records online or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. 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 their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file that contains a docket and all documents filed in your case. You can 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 a person’s criminal history. These state databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to the McDonald County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail might change, so check the Mcdonald County Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mcdonald 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 Mcdonald County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (417) 223-7429 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 Mcdonald County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Mcdonald County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are generally pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (417) 223-7429

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 how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 Mcdonald 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 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 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails 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 jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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