Scottsbluff Police Jail

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The Scottsbluff Police Jail is located at 2525 Circle Drive in Scottsbluff, NE and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Scottsbluff Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Scottsbluff Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Scottsbluff Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info that you’ll need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any tips or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Scottsbluff Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Scottsbluff Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to get the same information about anybody booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get the information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Scottsbluff Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Scottsbluff Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some basic questions, such as what is your legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail will take between 10 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will be freed. It also will depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate has to determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, you should plan to get discharged that morning.

Scottsbluff Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must give information about each visitor to the Scottsbluff Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will go into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Every visitor is required to provide identification. Visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

The Scottsbluff Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so we suggest that you call the facility at 308-632-6261 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Scottsbluff Police Jail you must be on their 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 at Scottsbluff Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Scottsbluff Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Scottsbluff 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 Scottsbluff 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 Scottsbluff 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry online or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind 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, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates can change at any time, so be sure to visit the Scottsbluff Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Scottsbluff 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 Scottsbluff Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 308-632-6261 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 Scottsbluff Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products including 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 Scottsbluff Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. 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 bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Scottsbluff Police Jail phone number is: 308-632-6261

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all 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 Scottsbluff 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 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 figuring 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 inmate phone calls. 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 facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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