Mcpherson County Jail

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The Mcpherson County Jail is located at 706 Main Street in Leola, SD and is a medium security county jail operated by the Mcpherson County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Mcpherson County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information that you’ll need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that would help others would be welcome.

Mcpherson County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mcpherson County Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find information for anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate the information fast if you have their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Mcpherson County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Mcpherson County Jail takes you through these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you must answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask 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 are released.

They will let you make a telephone call in order to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process may take from 30 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge must figure out your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to get discharged in the morning.

Mcpherson County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Mcpherson County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so make sure that you call the jail at (605) 439-3400 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Mcpherson County Jail you have to first have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Mcpherson County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 Mcpherson County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mcpherson 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 Mcpherson 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 Mcpherson 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Mcpherson County jail website or you can call the court. You have to have their 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 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 the date of their arrest, contact the Mcpherson County jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are available to anyone.

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 any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Mcpherson County Jail are always changing, so we suggest that you double check the Mcpherson County Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mcpherson 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 Mcpherson County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (605) 439-3400 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 Mcpherson County Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, 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 account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Mcpherson County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: (605) 439-3400

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of all of the 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 Mcpherson County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 figuring 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 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 won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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