Cross County Detention Center

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The Cross County Detention Center is located at 705 East Union Avenue in Wynne, AR and is a medium security county jail operated by the Cross County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Cross County Detention Center, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Cross County court records, and more.

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6. How To Save Money on Inmate Calls at Cross County Detention Center
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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Cross County Detention Center
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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Cross County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Cross County Detention Center Inmate Locator has information about people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get information about anybody who has been arrested or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to locate the information faster if you have your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Cross County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Cross County Detention Center is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you will have to answer some questions, like your full legal name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process can take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge still needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a release date, expect to get released that morning.

Cross County Detention Center Visitation

The inmate need to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Cross County Detention Center before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered in a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The Cross County Detention Center visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the jail at (870) 238-5784 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Cross County Detention Center you have to 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 visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Cross County Detention Center, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Cross County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Cross 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.

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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 Cross 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 Cross 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry online or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket and any of the documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records on the website, or at the Cross County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates could change, so we suggest that you double check the Cross County Detention Center website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Cross 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 Cross County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (870) 238-5784 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 Cross County Detention Center store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, 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 sufficient funds in their account. These products 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 Cross County Detention Center are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to 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, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: (870) 238-5784

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. 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 Cross County Detention Center. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 circumstances where we will not 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 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 Cross County Detention Center, click the link below.

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