Lake Providence Police Jail

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The Lake Providence Police Jail is located at 200 1St Street in Lake Providence, LA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lake Providence Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything related to the Lake Providence Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Lake Providence Police Jail
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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give advice and information that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Lake Providence Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lake Providence Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can get the same information on anyone processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their inmate information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Lake Providence Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Lake Providence Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer some simple questions, such as what is your legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get discharged. It also can depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge must figure out the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Lake Providence Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to give each visitor’s name to the Lake Providence Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will go in a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

The Lake Providence Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so you should call the official Lake Providence Police Jail at 318-559-2000 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Lake Providence Police Jail you must be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Lake Providence Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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, this 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 Lake Providence Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lake Providence 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 Lake Providence 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 Lake Providence 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 an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the East Carroll Parish jail website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in the case. You can access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates is likely to change, so we suggest that you double check the Lake Providence Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lake Providence 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 Lake Providence Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 318-559-2000 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 Lake Providence Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items 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

The only phone calls that Lake Providence Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on 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, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Lake Providence Police Jail phone number is: 318-559-2000

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Lake Providence Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 finding 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not 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 inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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