Priest River Police Jail

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The Priest River Police Jail is located at 209 High Street in Priest River, ID and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Priest River Police Department.

This site tells you info about anything related to the Priest River Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Priest River Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the advice and information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Priest River Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Priest River Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who have been arrested, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find info on anyone who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find their arrest information faster if you enter the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Priest River Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Priest River Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer a number of questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the phone so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process can take anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get out of jail. It also will depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge still needs to decide on the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, you should plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Priest River Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Priest River Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will go in a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. All visitors has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will be turned away.

The Priest River Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so it would be wise to call the official Priest River Police Jail at 208-448-1521 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Priest River Police Jail you have to first be on this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Priest River Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Priest River Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Priest River 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 Priest River 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 Priest River 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants online or you can call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Bonner County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at the Bonner County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DWI or DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Priest River Police Jail jail inmates change frequently, so we suggest that you double check the Priest River Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Priest River 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 Priest River Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 208-448-1521 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 Priest River Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products including 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 Priest River Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates 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, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 208-448-1521

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every 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 of the 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 Priest River Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 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 calling 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 facility 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 Priest River Police Jail, click the link below.

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