St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center

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The St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center is located at 5061 LA 3127 in Killona, LA and is a medium security county jail operated by the St Charles Parish Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center Inmate Search has information about people who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to get the same information on anybody who has been arrested or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center takes you through each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will answer some basic questions, like your legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to use the phone so you can call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to be discharged in the morning.

St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center Visitation

To have visitors, you must give information about each visitor to the St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center in advance of any visit. This information will go into the visitation log as an Authorized visit. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so we suggest that you call the jail at (985) 783-1164 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center you must first have your name on this person’s 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 without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 of age and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center 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 St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center. 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 St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center 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 for your arrest, you can access court records on the website or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the St Charles Parish jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file that contains a docket and all documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail change frequently, so be sure to review the St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center

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 St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (985) 783-1164 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 St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center store. An inmate can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products including 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 St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls might get cut back or forbidden.

The St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center phone number is: (985) 783-1164

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all 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 St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower 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 calling your inmate. 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 or prison 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 St Charles Parish Nelson Coleman Correctional Center, click the link below.

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