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Ouachita County Jail Information

Address

Ouachita County Jail
145 Scott Alley Southwest
Camden, AR 71701

Phone Number

Phone: (870) 837-2200

The Ouachita County Jail is located at 145 Scott Alley Southwest in Camden, AR and is a medium security county jail operated by the Ouachita County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Ouachita County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Ouachita County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much more.

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that could help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Ouachita County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend that is locked up and don’t know how to find them? Do you know a friend or family member that has been arrested and you don’t know how to find them?

In order to search who is in jail at the Ouachita County Jail you will need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ouachita County Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get the same information about anyone arrested and booked or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get the information faster if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Ouachita County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Ouachita County Jail includes these steps:

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

The first step is that you will answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to make a telephone call so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail can take from 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. It also depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge has to decide on how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the discharge date, expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Ouachita County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide information about each visitor to the Ouachita County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be entered in the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Ouachita County Jail change often, so you should call the jail at (870) 837-2200 before you visit an inmate.

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 someone at the Ouachita County Jail you have to first be on their approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Ouachita County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent 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 will have to 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 of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Ouachita County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ouachita 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

If you would like to send a letter to an inmate at Ouachita County Jail, use this address:

Ouachita County Jail
145 Scott Alley Southwest
Camden, AR 71701

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Ouachita County Jail
145 Scott Alley Southwest
Camden, AR 71701

The Ouachita County Jail mail policy is always changing, so it would be best to check the site before 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 Ouachita 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 Ouachita 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check court records on the website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind 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, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that includes a docket and all documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access court records online, or at the Ouachita County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Ouachita County Jail can change at any time, so you should double check the Ouachita County Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ouachita 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 Ouachita County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (870) 837-2200 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 Ouachita County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need 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 the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Ouachita County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden completely.

The Ouachita County Jail phone number is: (870) 837-2200

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all 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 Ouachita 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 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 decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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