Bentonville Police Jail

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The Bentonville Police Jail is located at 908 Southeast 14Th Street in Bentonville, AR and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bentonville Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Bentonville Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Benton County court records, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information and advice you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that would help others is much appreciated.

Bentonville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bentonville Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get info on anybody processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information fast if you have your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Bentonville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Bentonville Police Jail takes you through each of these 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 some basic questions, like your legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to use the telephone to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to figure out the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Bentonville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Bentonville Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be put into the visitation log for the inmate. Every visitor has to provide identification. Anyone arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the facility at 479-271-3170 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Bentonville Police Jail you must be on this person’s 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 without it.

No cellphones at Bentonville Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 and is not related to the inmate, the minor 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 Bentonville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bentonville 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 Bentonville 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 Bentonville 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 court records on the website 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. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Benton County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Bentonville Police Jail might change, so be sure to check the Bentonville Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bentonville 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 Bentonville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 479-271-3170 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 Bentonville Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like 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 cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Bentonville Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are usually more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 479-271-3170

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from 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 Bentonville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 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. 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 inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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