Searcy County Jail

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The Searcy County Jail is located at 208 Factory Road in Marshall, AR and is a medium security county jail operated by the Searcy County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Searcy County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Searcy County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much more.

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6. How To Save Money on Inmate Calls at Searcy County Jail
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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Searcy County Jail
10. How to Search Searcy County Arrest Records

Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information that you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and any tips or comments that could help other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Searcy County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Searcy County Jail Inmate Search has information about people currently in custody, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can get information for anybody booked or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information more quickly if you have their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Searcy County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Searcy County Jail includes each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

You have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you make a phone call to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process will take from 30 minutes to all day. So, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. It also will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if a magistrate has to decide on the bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, you should expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Searcy County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Searcy County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will go in the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Searcy County Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the jail at (870) 448-2340 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Searcy County Jail you must first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be 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 phones are allowed at Searcy County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons currently 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 under the age of 18 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Searcy County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Searcy 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 Searcy 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 Searcy 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 are able to check the arrest warrants on the Searcy County court website or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Searcy County jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file containing a court docket and any of the documents filed in the case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at the Searcy County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee 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 crimes, which include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Searcy County Jail can change at any time, so double check the Searcy County Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Searcy 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 Searcy County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (870) 448-2340 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 Searcy County Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want 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 items that the inmate can purchase 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 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

All phone calls from the Searcy County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted 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 jail rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (870) 448-2340

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of all of the inmate phone calls 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 Searcy County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 state prisons and local 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore 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 Searcy County Jail, click the link below.

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