Monticello Police Jail

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The Monticello Police Jail is located at 195 South Mulberry Street in Monticello, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Monticello Police Department.

This page tells you info about everything a person needs to know about the Monticello Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Monticello Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Jefferson County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information that you’ll need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and any tips or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Monticello Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Monticello Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find the same information for anyone processed or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate their arrest information fast if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Monticello Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Monticello Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You will answer a number of questions, such as your legal name, your address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you make a telephone call to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to decide on the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Monticello Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide information about each visitor to the Monticello Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will go in a log of visitors as an approved visitor. Every visitor is required to provide identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies can change, so make sure that you call the facility at 850-342-0150 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Monticello Police Jail you must be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Monticello Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 a 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 magazines to an inmate at the Monticello Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Monticello 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 Monticello 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 Monticello 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 are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Jefferson County jail 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 ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Monticello Police Jail jail inmates could change, so you should double check the Monticello Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Monticello 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 Monticello Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 850-342-0150 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 Monticello Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Monticello Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Monticello Police Jail phone number is: 850-342-0150

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Monticello Police Jail. The rates 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. In some cases, 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 rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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