Jefferson County Jail

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The Jefferson County Jail is located at 300 East 2nd Avenue in Pine Bluff, AR and is a medium security county jail operated by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about everything one might want to know about the Jefferson County Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Jefferson County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information that you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that could be beneficial to others is welcome.

Jefferson County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Jefferson County Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find information for anybody arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can find the information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Jefferson County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Jefferson County Jail includes each of these steps:

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

You will answer some simple questions, like what is your full name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you use the telephone to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process may take between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get let go. Also, it might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the discharge date, expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Jefferson County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Jefferson County Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be put into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Jefferson County Jail visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the official Jefferson County Jail at (870) 541.5488 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Jefferson County Jail you must be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Jefferson County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Jefferson County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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 an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants online or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Jefferson County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are available 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 containing a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the Jefferson County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail is likely to change, so be sure to double check the Jefferson County Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Jefferson 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 Jefferson County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (870) 541.5488 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 Jefferson County Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, 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 trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Jefferson County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are much more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should 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, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated altogether.

The Jefferson County Jail phone number is: (870) 541.5488

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of 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 Jefferson County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not 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 inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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