Stanley County Jail

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The Stanley County Jail is located at 08 East 2nd Avenue in Fort Pierre, SD and is a medium security county jail operated by the Stanley County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about everything related to the Stanley County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information and advice that you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Stanley County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Stanley County Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. You can get information about anybody processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Stanley County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Stanley County Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you will answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

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

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the quicker you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge must decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a release date, plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Stanley County Jail Visitation

The inmate need to give each visitor’s full name to the Stanley County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be put in a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Stanley County Jail are always changing, so you should call the official Stanley County Jail at (605) 223-7792 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Stanley County Jail you must be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Stanley County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If a 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 a 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Stanley County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Stanley 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 Stanley 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 Stanley 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the Stanley County court website or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at the Stanley County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

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

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to people in jail can change at any time, so be sure to check the Stanley County Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Stanley 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 Stanley County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (605) 223-7792 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 Stanley County Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Stanley County Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are usually more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Stanley County Jail phone number is: (605) 223-7792

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Stanley County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility 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 Stanley County Jail, click the link below.

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