St Martin Parish Jail

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The St Martin Parish Jail is located at 400 St Martin Street in St Martinville, LA and is a medium security county jail operated by the St Martin Parish Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you all the information about everything related to the St Martin Parish Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the St Martin Parish Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and tips that you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

St Martin Parish Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The St Martin Parish Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who have been arrested, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get the same information about anyone booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their inmate information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

St Martin Parish Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the St Martin Parish Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You must answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, address, date of birth and contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

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

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you can post bail, the faster you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on if you have a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

St Martin Parish Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give each visitor’s name to the St Martin Parish Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be entered in a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. Each visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at St Martin Parish Jail change often, so you should call the facility at (337) 394-3071 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the St Martin Parish Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s visitation list.

Make 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 cellphones at St Martin Parish Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the St Martin Parish Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the St Martin Parish 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 St Martin Parish 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 St Martin Parish 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants on the St Martin Parish jail 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 one of the officers. 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 the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the St Martin Parish jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access your court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. 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 for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to St Martin Parish Jail jail inmates change frequently, so be sure to double check the St Martin Parish Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at St Martin Parish 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 St Martin Parish Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (337) 394-3071 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 Martin Parish Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the St Martin Parish Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (337) 394-3071

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from 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 St Martin Parish Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 figuring out how to lower 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 jail has set their phone call 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 St Martin Parish Jail, click the link below.

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