Scotland County Jail

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The Scotland County Jail is located at 117 South Market Street in Memphis, MO and is a medium security county jail operated by the Scotland County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about anything you might want to know about the Scotland County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and lots more.

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10. How to Search Scotland County Arrest Records

Introduction

This guide is meant to give information you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and any tips or comments that could help other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Scotland County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Scotland County Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find information on anybody who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get the information faster if you have their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Scotland County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Scotland County Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

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

They will let you use the phone to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process will take anywhere between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will be released. It also might depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, you should plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Scotland County Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide information about each visitor to the Scotland County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be put into a Visiting log as an approved visitor. All visitors will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so call the official Scotland County Jail at (660) 465-2151 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Scotland County Jail you must first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Scotland County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Scotland County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Scotland 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 Scotland 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 Scotland 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Scotland County court website or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the Scotland County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Scotland County Jail is likely to change, so you should double check the Scotland County Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Scotland 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 Scotland County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (660) 465-2151 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 Scotland County Jail store. You can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have 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 Scotland County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep 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 may be limited or forbidden.

Phone Number: (660) 465-2151

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from 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 Scotland County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different 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 figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not 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 so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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