Hot Springs Police Jail

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The Hot Springs Police Jail is located at 201 North River Street in Hot Springs, SD and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hot Springs Police Department.

This site tells you info about anything related to the Hot Springs Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask it, and any comments or feedback that might help other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Hot Springs Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hot Springs Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people currently in custody, including custody status, and visiting hours. You can also find information on anybody processed or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate their arrest information faster if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Hot Springs Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Hot Springs Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full legal name, street address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you make a telephone call so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes from 30 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get released. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must figure out the amount of bail to be set. 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 have a release date, plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Hot Springs Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must give each visitor’s full name to the Hot Springs Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will go in a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone arriving late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the facility at 605-745-5200 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Hot Springs Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Hot Springs Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 and is not related to 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 Hot Springs Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs 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 check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file that contains a docket and any documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to the Fall River County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Hot Springs Police Jail change frequently, so visit the Hot Springs Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 605-745-5200 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 Hot Springs Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want 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 items that the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Hot Springs Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 605-745-5200

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from 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 Hot Springs Police Jail. The prices 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 finding out how to decrease 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 money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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