Sterlington Police Jail

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The Sterlington Police Jail is located at 103 High Avenue in Sterlington, LA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Sterlington Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Sterlington Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Sterlington Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and advice that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Sterlington Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sterlington Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find information on anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get the information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Sterlington Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Sterlington Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you will answer some basic questions, such as your full name, address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you use the phone to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process will take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. Also, it can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate 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 have a discharge date, plan to be discharged that morning.

Sterlington Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Sterlington Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor must provide proof of identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so it would be wise to call the facility at 318-665-4532 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Sterlington Police Jail you have to have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make 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.

No cellphones are allowed at Sterlington Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Sterlington Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sterlington 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 Sterlington 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 Sterlington 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file that includes a court docket and all of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at the Ouachita Parish Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to the Ouachita Parish Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Sterlington Police Jail is likely to change, so be sure to review the Sterlington Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sterlington 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 Sterlington Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 318-665-4532 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 Sterlington Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from 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 commissary account. These items 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

All phone calls from the Sterlington Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually 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 a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges may be limited or forbidden completely.

The Sterlington Police Jail phone number is: 318-665-4532

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Sterlington Police Jail. The rates 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 state prisons and local jails finding out 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t 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 phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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