Bennington Police Jail

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The Bennington Police Jail is located at 11402 North 156Th Street in Bennington, NE and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bennington Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything you might want to know about the Bennington Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Bennington Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and tips you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that would help other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Bennington Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bennington Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about people who are in jail, which includes current status, and times you can visit. You can also get info on anybody arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get the information fast if you enter their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Bennington Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Bennington Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birth date and an emergency 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 of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to use the phone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes between 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get released. It also can depend on if you have a bond amount or if the judge needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, 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 released in the morning.

Bennington Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide information about each visitor to the Bennington Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put into the log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Bennington Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so you should call the facility at 402-238-2067 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Bennington Police Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s approved 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 without it.

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

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 Bennington Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bennington 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 Bennington 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 Bennington 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, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Douglas County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that contains a court docket and any documents filed in your court case. You can access court records on the internet, or at the Douglas County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to the Douglas County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Bennington Police Jail inmates can change at any time, so you should visit the Bennington Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bennington 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 Bennington Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 402-238-2067 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 Bennington Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from 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 inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Bennington Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually more costly than regular phone calls. 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 should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls might get reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 402-238-2067

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of all 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 Bennington Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 state prisons and local jails learning 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 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. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility 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 Bennington Police Jail, click the link below.

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