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Crawford County Detention Center Information

Address

Crawford County Detention Center
317 Main Street
Van Buren, AR

Phone Number

Phone: (479) 474-1721

The Crawford County Detention Center is located at 317 Main Street in Van Buren, AR and is a medium security county jail operated by the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Crawford County Detention Center, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Crawford County Detention Center, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much more.

Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the advice and information you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Crawford County Detention Center Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that is incarcerated and want to find out where they are? Do you know a family member or friend that has been arrested and you don’t know how to locate them?

To find out who is in jail at the Crawford County Detention Center you need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Crawford County Detention Center Inmate Lookup has information about people who have been arrested, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. You can also get the same information for anyone booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their inmate information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Crawford County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Crawford County Detention Center includes the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer a number of questions, such as your full legal name, your address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to make a phone call in order to call 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 will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, it can depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge still needs to figure out the bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the discharge date, you should plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Crawford County Detention Center Visitation

The inmate need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Crawford County Detention Center in advance. Your visitor’s information will go into a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so we suggest that you call the official Crawford County Detention Center at (479) 474-1721 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Crawford County Detention Center you must first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Crawford County Detention Center, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation 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 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 Crawford County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Crawford County Detention 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to someone incarcerated at Crawford County Detention Center:

Crawford County Detention Center
317 Main Street
Van Buren, AR

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Crawford County Detention Center
317 Main Street
Van Buren, AR

The Crawford County Detention Center inmate mail policy changes, so we suggest that you review the official website before you send a letter to an inmate there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Crawford County Detention 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 Crawford County Detention 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry online or call the jail. 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 be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get 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 jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the Crawford County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to the Crawford County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail are always changing, so be sure to double check the Crawford County Detention Center website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Crawford County Detention 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 Crawford County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (479) 474-1721 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 inmateâ€™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 Crawford County Detention Center store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money 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 Crawford County Detention Center inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must 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, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (479) 474-1721

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Crawford County Detention Center. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to decrease 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, 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 these cases, the facility has set their inmate 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 Crawford County Detention Center, click the link below.

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