North Sioux City Police Jail

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The North Sioux City Police Jail is located at 118 South Victor Avenue in North Sioux City, SD and is a medium security police department jail operated by the North Sioux City Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the North Sioux City Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Union County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that would help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

North Sioux City Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The North Sioux City Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who are in jail, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find info for anyone arrested and booked or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their arrest information quicker if you have the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

North Sioux City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the North Sioux City Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When 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 name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to use the phone in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 10 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, it depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a release date, you should expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

North Sioux City Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the North Sioux City Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put in the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at North Sioux City Police Jail are always changing, so you should call the jail at 605-232-3302 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the North Sioux City Police Jail you must be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at North Sioux City Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If the 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 magazines to an inmate at the North Sioux City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the North Sioux City 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 North Sioux City 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 North Sioux City 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Union County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and all documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to the Union County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail change frequently, so you should double check the North Sioux City Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at North Sioux City 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 North Sioux City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 605-232-3302 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 North Sioux City Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need 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 the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the North Sioux City Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls might get cut back or cut altogether.

The North Sioux City Police Jail phone number is: 605-232-3302

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the 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 North Sioux City Police 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. 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 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 North Sioux City Police Jail, click the link below.

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