Hazlehurst Police Jail

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The Hazlehurst Police Jail is located at 202 East Whitworth Street in Hazlehurst, MS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hazlehurst Police Department.

This page will tell you info about anything a person needs to know about the Hazlehurst Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Hazlehurst Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give info you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that could help others will be appreciated.

Hazlehurst Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hazlehurst Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get info on anyone processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get their inmate information faster if you enter their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Hazlehurst Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some simple questions, like your full name, home address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to make a telephone call so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. It also will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must figure out your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Hazlehurst Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide information about each visitor to the Hazlehurst Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will go in the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Hazlehurst Police Jail frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 601-894-1181 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Hazlehurst Police Jail you have to first be on their approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Hazlehurst Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Hazlehurst Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hazlehurst 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 Hazlehurst 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 Hazlehurst 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there 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. These records include a court case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Copiah County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to the Copiah County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Hazlehurst Police Jail inmates change frequently, so be sure to review the Hazlehurst Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hazlehurst 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 Hazlehurst Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 601-894-1181 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 Hazlehurst Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds 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

The only phone calls that Hazlehurst Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges might get cut back or totally denied.

Phone Number: 601-894-1181

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Hazlehurst Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, 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 Hazlehurst Police Jail, click the link below.

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