Marion County Jail

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The Marion County Jail is located at 491 Highways 62 & 412 West in Yellville, AR and is a medium security county jail operated by the Marion County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you info about anything you might want to know about the Marion County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and tips that you’ll need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Marion County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Marion County Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. You can find the same information on anyone booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find their arrest information faster if you enter the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Marion County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Marion County Jail includes each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will have to answer some basic questions, like your full name, home address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

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

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

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released can depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Marion County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name to the Marion County Jail in advance of the visit. This information will be entered in the log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Marion County Jail visitation procedures can change, so call the official Marion County Jail at (870) 449-4236 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Marion County Jail you must first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Marion County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not normally 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Marion County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Marion 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 Marion 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 Marion 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 check the court records on the website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Marion County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in the case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, 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 procedure to send money to inmates are always changing, so it would be best to double check the Marion County Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Marion 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 Marion County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (870) 449-4236 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 Marion County Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely 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 buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 Marion County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (870) 449-4236

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 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 Marion County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 finding out how to decrease 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on calling your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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