Summit County Detentions

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The Summit County Detentions is located at 501 North Park Avenue in Breckenridge, CO and is a medium security county jail operated by the Summit County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Summit County Detentions, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Summit County Detentions, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and advice you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and any tips or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

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Who’s In Jail

The Summit County Detentions Inmate Roster has information about individuals who are in jail, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info for anybody processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find their inmate information quicker if you enter their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Summit County Detentions Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Summit County Detentions takes you through the following steps:

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

First, you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like what is your legal name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call in order to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process may take between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get released. It also will depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, you should expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Summit County Detentions Visitation

The inmate need to provide each visitor’s full name to the Summit County Detentions before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered in a Visiting log for the inmate. Each and every visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Any visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

The Summit County Detentions visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the jail at (970)-453-2232 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Summit County Detentions you must first be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Summit County Detentions, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 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 Summit County Detentions. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Summit County Detentions 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 Summit County Detentions. 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 Summit County Detentions 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file containing a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access court records online, or at the Summit County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These databases are connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Summit County Detentions change frequently, so it would be best to review the Summit County Detentions site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Summit County Detentions

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 Summit County Detentions uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (970)-453-2232 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 Summit County Detentions store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These items 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 Summit County Detentions are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or totally denied.

The Summit County Detentions phone number is: (970)-453-2232

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all 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 Summit County Detentions. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out 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 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. There are some prisons or jails where 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 facility 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 Summit County Detentions, click the link below.

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