Chamberlain Police Jail

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The Chamberlain Police Jail is located at 715 North Main Street in Chamberlain, SD and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Chamberlain Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about anything you might need to know about the Chamberlain Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Chamberlain Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and advice that you need to make going to jail easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Chamberlain Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Chamberlain Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and visiting hours. You can find the same information for anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find the information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Chamberlain Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Chamberlain Police Jail includes the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to make a telephone call so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate must figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a release date, expect to be discharged in the morning.

Chamberlain Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Chamberlain Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered into the visitors log as an authorized visitor. All visitors is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Chamberlain Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the facility at 605-234-4404 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Chamberlain Police Jail you must be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Chamberlain Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Chamberlain Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Chamberlain 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 Chamberlain 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 Chamberlain 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 are able to check the arrest warrants on the Brule County court website or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should know 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 their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file containing a docket sheet and any of the documents filed in the court case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to the Brule County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive 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 driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail can change at any time, so visit the Chamberlain Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Chamberlain 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 Chamberlain Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 605-234-4404 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 Chamberlain Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Chamberlain Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 605-234-4404

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 they control the prices. The profits off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Chamberlain Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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