Salt Lake Metro Jail

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The Salt Lake Metro Jail is located at 3415 South 900 West in Salt Lake City, UT and is a medium security county jail operated by the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about everything related to the Salt Lake Metro Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Salt Lake Metro Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer info that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and any tips or comments that might help others is welcome.

Salt Lake Metro Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Salt Lake Metro Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and visiting schedule. You can get the same information for anybody booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Salt Lake Metro Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Salt Lake Metro Jail includes these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will answer a bunch of questions, like what is your legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you 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 get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to make a phone call so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. This process takes anywhere from 10 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. It also can depend on if you have a bond amount or if a magistrate has to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Salt Lake Metro Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Salt Lake Metro Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will go in the visitation log for the inmate. All visitors must provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The Salt Lake Metro Jail visitation procedures change often, so we suggest that you call the facility at (801) 743-5500 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Salt Lake Metro Jail you have to be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Salt Lake Metro Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not normally 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not related to the inmate, this 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 Salt Lake Metro Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Salt Lake Metro 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 Salt Lake Metro 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 Salt Lake Metro 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 for your arrest, you can check court records on the website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a docket and any filings and documents filed in the case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Salt Lake County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a 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 a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Salt Lake Metro Jail jail inmates could change, so it would be best to visit the Salt Lake Metro Jail website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Salt Lake Metro 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 Salt Lake Metro Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (801) 743-5500 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 Salt Lake Metro Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate 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 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

The only phone calls that Salt Lake Metro Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are generally more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (801) 743-5500

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 profits these phone service providers make from 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 Salt Lake Metro Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison 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 Salt Lake Metro Jail, click the link below.

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