Montgomery City Police Jail

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The Montgomery City Police Jail is located at 723 North Sturgeon Street in Montgomery City, MO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Montgomery City Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything one might want to know about the Montgomery City Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Montgomery City Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information and tips that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that might help others would be welcome.

Montgomery City Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Montgomery City Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who are in jail, including status, and visiting schedule. You can get information on anyone who has been arrested or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find the information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Montgomery City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Montgomery City Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed 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 basic questions, such as what is your full name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

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

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a judge has to decide on how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Montgomery City Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Montgomery City Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the jail at 573-564-2511 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Montgomery City Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Montgomery City Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 Montgomery City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 online or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. 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 a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates are always changing, so check the Montgomery City Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Montgomery 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 Montgomery City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 573-564-2511 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 Montgomery City Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust 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 Montgomery City Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are much pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Montgomery City Police Jail phone number is: 573-564-2511

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of 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 Montgomery City 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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