New Augusta Police Jail

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The New Augusta Police Jail is located at 102 2Nd Street East in New Augusta, MS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the New Augusta Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything you might need to know about the New Augusta Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the New Augusta Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer advice and information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to others would be welcome.

New Augusta Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The New Augusta Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of people who are in jail, including custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find info about anybody booked or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

New Augusta Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the New Augusta Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will answer a number of questions, such as your full name, street address, birthdate and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to make a telephone call so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes anywhere between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will be freed. Also, it will depend on whether you have a cash bond or if a judge still needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the discharge date, you should plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

New Augusta Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to list information about each visitor to the New Augusta Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be entered in a log of visitors as an approved visitor. Each visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so make sure that you call the jail at 601-964-8101 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the New Augusta Police Jail you must be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No phones at New Augusta Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of 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 New Augusta Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the New Augusta 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 New Augusta 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 New Augusta 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, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Perry County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that contains a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at the Perry County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to the Perry County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates might change, so review the New Augusta Police Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at New Augusta 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 New Augusta Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 601-964-8101 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 New Augusta Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. 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 a selection 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, as well as 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 New Augusta Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are usually more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, 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, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or totally denied.

The New Augusta Police Jail phone number is: 601-964-8101

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 profits off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 New Augusta Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 facility 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 New Augusta Police Jail, click the link below.

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