Desha County Jail

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The Desha County Jail is located at 604 President Street in Arkansas City, AR and is a medium security county jail operated by the Desha County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you all the information about anything related to the Desha County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give advice and information that you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Desha County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Desha County Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find info for anybody who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Desha County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Desha County Jail includes the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some basic questions, like your full legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental 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 get released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process can take from 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, it might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the date of your release, you should expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Desha County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Desha County Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put in the visitors log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so call the official Desha County Jail at (870) 877-2327 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Desha County Jail you have to first have your name on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Desha County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 Desha County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Desha 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 Desha 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 Desha 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 might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records online or call the court. 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. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Desha County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and this is accessible to anyone.

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 sheet and any documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to the Desha County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Desha County Jail are always changing, so be sure to double check the Desha County Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Desha 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 Desha County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (870) 877-2327 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 Desha County Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products like 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

All phone calls from the Desha County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on 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 every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or cut altogether.

The Desha County Jail phone number is: (870) 877-2327

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies 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 profits from all of the 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 Desha 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 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 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. 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 these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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