South Salt Lake City Police Jail

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The South Salt Lake City Police Jail is located at 2835 South Main Street in South Salt Lake City, UT and is a medium security police department jail operated by the South Salt Lake Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything you might want to know about the South Salt Lake City Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the South Salt Lake City Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and tips that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and any comments or tips that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

South Salt Lake City Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The South Salt Lake City Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who have been arrested, which includes status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to find info about anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information faster if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

South Salt Lake City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the South Salt Lake City Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will answer some simple questions, like what is your legal name, street address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to use the telephone in order to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail takes from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get let go. It also will depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the judge has to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, expect to be released that morning.

South Salt Lake City Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the South Salt Lake City Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will go in the visitation log for the inmate. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so call the facility at 801-412-3600 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the South Salt Lake City Police Jail you have to first be added to their approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at South Salt Lake City Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 even magazines to an inmate at the South Salt Lake City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the South Salt Lake 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 South Salt Lake 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 South Salt Lake 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, you can check court records on the Salt Lake County jail website or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all documents filed in the court case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, 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 online databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to South Salt Lake City Police Jail inmates might change, so be sure to check the South Salt Lake City Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at South Salt Lake 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 South Salt Lake City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 801-412-3600 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 South Salt Lake City Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember 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 the inmate can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These products 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 South Salt Lake City Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 801-412-3600

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all phone calls that inmates make 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 South Salt Lake City Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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