Mound Bayou Police Jail

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The Mound Bayou Police Jail is located at 106 West Green Street in Mound Bayou, MS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Mound Bayou Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Mound Bayou Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Mound Bayou Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and advice that you’ll need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that might be beneficial to others would be appreciated.

Mound Bayou Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mound Bayou Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people currently in custody, which includes status, and times you can visit. You can find the same information about anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find the information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Mound Bayou Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Mound Bayou Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

First you will answer some simple questions, like what is your legal name, street address, birthdate and contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you use the telephone so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take between 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. Also, it can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Mound Bayou Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s full name to the Mound Bayou Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will go in the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor has to provide identification. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Mound Bayou Police Jail change often, so call the jail at 662-741-2191 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Mound Bayou Police Jail you have to be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Mound Bayou Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Mound Bayou Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mound Bayou 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 Mound Bayou 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 Mound Bayou 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 might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access court records on the website or call the court 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 if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file containing a court docket and any documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records on the website, or at the Bolivar County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Mound Bayou Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so we suggest that you double check the Mound Bayou Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mound Bayou 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 Mound Bayou Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 662-741-2191 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 Mound Bayou Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These items 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

All phone calls from the Mound Bayou Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls may be limited or forbidden completely.

The Mound Bayou Police Jail phone number is: 662-741-2191

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all 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 Mound Bayou Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different 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 finding out 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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