Midvale Police Jail

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The Midvale Police Jail is located at 7912 South Main Street in Midvale, UT and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Midvale City Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about everything one might want to know about the Midvale Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Midvale Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information and advice that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Midvale Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Midvale Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also get the same information on anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find their arrest information faster if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Midvale Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Midvale Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical 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 will be stored until you are released.

You will get to use the phone so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get discharged. Also, it will depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate has to determine the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, plan to be released in the morning.

Midvale Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Midvale Police Jail in advance. This information will go into a log of visitors for the inmate. Every visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the facility at 801-256-2500 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Midvale Police Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Midvale Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Midvale Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Midvale 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 Midvale 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 Midvale 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 think you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the Salt Lake County jail website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Salt Lake County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any documents filed in the court case. You are able to 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

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Midvale Police Jail inmates could change, so we suggest that you review the Midvale Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Midvale 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 Midvale Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 801-256-2500 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 Midvale Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, 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 commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Midvale Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. 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 inmates should keep 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, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or totally denied.

The Midvale Police Jail phone number is: 801-256-2500

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Midvale 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 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 figuring out how to lower 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t 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 or prison has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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