Piute County Jail

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The Piute County Jail is located at 550 North Main in Junction, UT and is a medium security county jail operated by the Piute County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you info about anything one might want to know about the Piute County Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Piute County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you advice and information that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others will be much appreciated.

Piute County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Piute County Jail Inmate Search has information about people currently in custody, including status, and times you can visit. You can get the same information for anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to get the information fast if you enter the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Piute County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Piute County Jail is made up of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You must answer some simple questions, such as your legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process can take between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, it depends on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge still needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Piute County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s name to the Piute County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of visitors for the inmate. All visitors has to provide identification. Visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

The Piute County Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so it would be wise to call the facility at (435) 577-2893 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Piute County Jail you have to first be on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Piute County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 Piute County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Piute 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 Piute 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 Piute 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Piute County court website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access your court records online, or at the Piute County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Piute County Jail jail inmates might change, so you should review the Piute County Jail website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Piute 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 Piute County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (435) 577-2893 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 Piute County Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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

The only phone calls that Piute County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are typically more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (435) 577-2893

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Piute County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone 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 Piute County Jail, click the link below.

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