Vermilion Parish Jail

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The Vermilion Parish Jail is located at 14202 Savoy Road in Abbeville, LA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything you might want to know about the Vermilion Parish Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Vermilion Parish court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer advice and information you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that would help others would be much appreciated.

Vermilion Parish Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Vermilion Parish Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find information about anyone arrested and booked or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information fast if you enter their name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Vermilion Parish Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Vermilion Parish Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will answer some questions, like what is your legal name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you make a telephone call in order to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process may take between 30 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged will depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to determine the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get 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 released that morning.

Vermilion Parish Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must list each visitor’s name to the Vermilion Parish Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will go in a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so we suggest that you call the jail at (337) 898-4430 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Vermilion Parish Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Vermilion Parish Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 Vermilion Parish Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Vermilion 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 Vermilion 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 Vermilion 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 might have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the court records online or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their 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 there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Vermilion Parish jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that includes a docket and any filings and documents filed in the case. You can access court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Vermilion Parish Jail is likely to change, so be sure to visit the Vermilion Parish Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Vermilion 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 Vermilion Parish Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (337) 898-4430 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 Vermilion Parish Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely 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 buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products such as 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 Vermilion Parish Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are usually more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Vermilion Parish Jail phone number is: (337) 898-4430

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 from 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 Vermilion Parish Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 figuring 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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