Bethel Heights Police Jail

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The Bethel Heights Police Jail is located at 675 Sunrise Drive in Bethel Heights, AR and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bethel Heights Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Bethel Heights Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Benton County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and advice you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that would help others would be appreciated.

Bethel Heights Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bethel Heights Police Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who have been arrested, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get the same information for anybody arrested and booked or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their arrest information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Bethel Heights Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Bethel Heights Police Jail includes these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you will have to answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, address, birthdate and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will be allowed to use the telephone to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. It also might depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate has to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, expect to get released that morning.

Bethel Heights Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list information about each visitor to the Bethel Heights Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will go into the log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor must provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so you should call the jail at 479-756-3100 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Bethel Heights Police Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Bethel Heights Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a 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 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 Bethel Heights Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bethel Heights 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 Bethel Heights 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 Bethel Heights 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 for your arrest, you can check the court records on the Benton County jail website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail 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 possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket and any documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Benton County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following 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 funds to Bethel Heights Police Jail inmates change frequently, so be sure to visit the Bethel Heights Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bethel Heights 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 Bethel Heights Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 479-756-3100 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 Bethel Heights Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Bethel Heights Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to 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 break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 479-756-3100

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Bethel Heights 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease 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 significantly on calling your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases 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 Bethel Heights Police Jail, click the link below.

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