Carterville Police Jail

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The Carterville Police Jail is located at 1200 East 1St Street in Carterville, MO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Carterville Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Carterville Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Carterville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Jasper County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to others will be welcome.

Carterville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Carterville Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get the same information for anybody booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their arrest information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Carterville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Carterville Police Jail takes you through these 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 must answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a phone call in order to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process can take between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, it depends on if you have a cash bond or if the judge still needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Carterville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s full name to the Carterville Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will go into a Visiting log as an approved visitor. Each visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Carterville Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so you should call the facility at 417-673-2616 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Carterville Police Jail you have to first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Carterville Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 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 Carterville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Carterville 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 Carterville 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 Carterville 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 access arrest warrants inquiry on the Jasper County jail website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in your case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at the Jasper County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or 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.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Carterville Police Jail jail inmates might change, so we suggest that you visit the Carterville Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Carterville 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 Carterville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 417-673-2616 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 Carterville Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products like 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 Carterville Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden.

The Carterville Police Jail phone number is: 417-673-2616

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly 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 Carterville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower 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 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 phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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