Crystal Lakes Police Jail

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The Crystal Lakes Police Jail is located at 15393 West Lakeshore Drive in Crystal Lakes, MO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Crystal Lakes Town Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Crystal Lakes Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Ray County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have questions, just ask it, and any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Crystal Lakes Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Crystal Lakes Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of people who have been arrested, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find information for anyone arrested and booked or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You can find the information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Crystal Lakes Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Crystal Lakes Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, street 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 you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call so you can call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you have a cash bond or if the magistrate must determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, you should plan to be discharged that morning.

Crystal Lakes Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must give each visitor’s name to the Crystal Lakes Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put in the log as an approved visitor. Every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so you should call the facility at 816-506-1097 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Crystal Lakes Police Jail you have to be added to their visitation list.

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

No phones at Crystal Lakes Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually 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 younger than 18 years old 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Crystal Lakes Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Crystal Lakes Police 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 Crystal Lakes Police 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 Crystal Lakes Police 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the court records online or call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind 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, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail are always changing, so visit the Crystal Lakes Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Crystal Lakes Police 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 Crystal Lakes Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 816-506-1097 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 Crystal Lakes Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates 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 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 Crystal Lakes Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 816-506-1097

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services 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 Crystal Lakes Police 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 decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Crystal Lakes Police Jail, click the link below.

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