Valley County Jail

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The Valley County Jail is located at 125 South 15th Street in Ord, NE and is a medium security county jail operated by the Valley County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Valley County Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Valley County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Valley County Jail
10. How to Search Valley County Arrest Records

Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and tips you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Valley County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Valley County Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who have been arrested, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also get the same information for anyone processed or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their inmate information faster if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Valley County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will have to answer a number of questions, like what is your legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to use the telephone to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged can take from 30 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if the magistrate needs to determine how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, you should expect to be released that morning.

Valley County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Valley County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be put into the log as an approved visitor. All visitors will have to provide identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Valley County Jail visitation procedures can change, so we suggest that you call the jail at (308) 728-3906 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Valley County Jail you must first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Valley County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 a 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 magazines to an inmate at the Valley County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Valley 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 Valley 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 Valley 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 think you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check court records on the Valley County jail website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Valley County jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail is likely to change, so we suggest that you visit the Valley County Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Valley 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 Valley County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (308) 728-3906 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 Valley County Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember 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 an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Valley County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are generally pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and 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, phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden.

The Valley County Jail phone number is: (308) 728-3906

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the inmate phone calls 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 Valley County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county 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 calling 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 will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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