Polk County Jail

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The Polk County Jail is located at 507 Church Avenue in Mena, AR and is a medium security county jail operated by the Polk County Sheriff’s Department.

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

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information and tips that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and also any tips or comments that would be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Polk County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Polk County Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to get info for anyone booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their arrest information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Polk County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Polk County Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some questions, such as what is your full legal name, your address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you make a telephone call so you can call family, friends, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you have a cash bond or if the judge still needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, you should expect to get released in the morning.

Polk County Jail Visitation

The inmate need to give each visitor’s full name to the Polk County Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be entered in a Visiting log for the inmate. Each visitor will have to provide identification. Visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Polk County Jail are always changing, so we suggest that you call the official Polk County Jail at (479) 394-2511 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Polk County Jail you have to be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Polk County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision 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 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 the 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Polk County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Polk 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 Polk 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 Polk 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 might have an outstanding warrant, you can access court records on the Polk County court website or you are able to 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 know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Polk County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of 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. They include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in the case. You can access your court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if someone has 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 theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Polk County Jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you double check the Polk County Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Polk 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 Polk County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (479) 394-2511 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 Polk County Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from 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 money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products like 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 Polk County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are a lot more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Polk County Jail phone number is: (479) 394-2511

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Polk County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 can be 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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