West Bountiful Police Jail

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The West Bountiful Police Jail is located at 550 North 800 West in West Bountiful, UT and is a medium security police department jail operated by the West Bountiful Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the West Bountiful Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the advice and information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that would help others is appreciated.

West Bountiful Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The West Bountiful Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals currently in custody, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find the same information on anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

West Bountiful Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the West Bountiful Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will answer a number of questions, like what is your legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will be released. Also, how fast you get released depends on if you have a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, you should expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

West Bountiful Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list each visitor’s name to the West Bountiful Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will go in a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at West Bountiful Police Jail are always changing, so it would be wise to call the jail at 801-292-4487 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the West Bountiful Police Jail you have to first be on their approved 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.

No mobile phones are allowed at West Bountiful 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 the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they will have to 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the West Bountiful Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the West Bountiful 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 West Bountiful 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 West Bountiful 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 check arrest warrants inquiry on the Davis County jail website or call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file that contains a court docket and all filings and 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

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to the Davis County 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 different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the West Bountiful Police Jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you visit the West Bountiful Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at West Bountiful 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 West Bountiful Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 801-292-4487 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 West Bountiful Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

The only phone calls that West Bountiful Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on 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 might get reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 801-292-4487

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make 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 West Bountiful 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 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 finding 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 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 any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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