Las Animas County Jail

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The Las Animas County Jail is located at 2309 East Main Street in Trinidad, CO and is a medium security county jail operated by the Las Animas County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about everything one might want to know about the Las Animas County Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Las Animas County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Las Animas County Jail
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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and tips you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Las Animas County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Las Animas County Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who are in jail, including status, and times you can visit. You can find the same information for anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to find the information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Las Animas County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Las Animas County Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

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

You must answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone in order to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate must figure out the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, plan to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Las Animas County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Las Animas County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the visitors log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies can change, so call the official Las Animas County Jail at (719) 846-6453 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Las Animas County Jail you must first be added to their visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Las Animas County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of 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 Las Animas County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Las Animas 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 Las Animas 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 Las Animas 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the court records online or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file containing a docket and any filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the Las Animas County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail are always changing, so it would be best to review the Las Animas County Jail website before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Las Animas 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 Las Animas County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (719) 846-6453 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 Las Animas County Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want 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 buy if they have money 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

All phone calls from the Las Animas County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Las Animas County Jail phone number is: (719) 846-6453

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Las Animas County Jail. The prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning 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 calling your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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