Van Buren Police Jail

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The Van Buren Police Jail is located at 50 Oak Terrace in Van Buren, AR and is a medium security police department jail operated by the City Of Kibler Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Van Buren Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Van Buren Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and tips that you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that might help others is welcome.

Van Buren Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Van Buren Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who are in jail, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get the same information on anybody processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information fast if you enter their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Van Buren Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Van Buren Police Jail is made up of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your full legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will 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 discharged from jail.

They will let you make a phone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process will take from 15 minutes to all day. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you have a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Van Buren Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s name to the Van Buren Police Jail in advance. This information will be put in the visitors log as an Authorized visit. All visitors will be required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the jail at 479-632-3893 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Van Buren Police Jail you must first be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Van Buren Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 of age 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Van Buren Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Van Buren 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 Van Buren 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 Van Buren 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 find out by checking the court records on the Crawford County jail website or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Crawford County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You can access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to the Crawford County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Van Buren Police Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so double check the Van Buren Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Van Buren 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 Van Buren Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 479-632-3893 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 Van Buren Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their 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 Van Buren Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically more expensive 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 every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 479-632-3893

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Van Buren Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 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 jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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