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Hempstead County Jail Information

Address

Hempstead County Jail
312 South Washington Street
Hope, AR 71801

Phone Number

Phone: (870) 777-6727

The Hempstead County Jail is located at 312 South Washington Street in Hope, AR and is a medium security county jail operated by the Hempstead County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Hempstead County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Hempstead County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and lots more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Hempstead County Jail Inmate Search

Do you know someone that has gone to jail and don’t know how to find out where they are? Do you know somebody that’s been arrested and you want to locate them?

In order to see who’s in jail at the Hempstead County Jail you need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hempstead County Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of people who are in jail, including status, and schedule for visitation. You can also get info about anybody arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information faster if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Hempstead County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Hempstead County Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

The first step is that you must answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to use the phone in order to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process may take between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the faster you can post bail, the faster you will be freed. It also depends on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the judge needs to determine the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a date of your release, plan to get discharged that morning.

Hempstead County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Hempstead County Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be put into a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so call the facility at (870) 777-6727 before you go to visitation.

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

Before you can visit an inmate at the Hempstead County Jail you have to first be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Hempstead County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Hempstead County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hempstead 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.

Mailing Address

The mailing address for the Hempstead County Jail is:

Hempstead County Jail
312 South Washington Street
Hope, AR 71801

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Hempstead County Jail
312 South Washington Street
Hope, AR 71801

The Hempstead County Jail mail policy changes frequently, so review the official website when you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Hempstead 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 Hempstead 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry online or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that includes a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access your court records online, or at the Hempstead County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to the Hempstead County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it 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 any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Hempstead County Jail jail inmates might change, so double check the Hempstead County Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hempstead 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 Hempstead County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (870) 777-6727 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 Hempstead County Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember 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 an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These items 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

The only phone calls that Hempstead County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: (870) 777-6727

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 get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make 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 Hempstead County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, 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 Hempstead County Jail, click the link below.

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