Harrisburg Police Jail

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The Harrisburg Police Jail is located at 202 North East Street in Harrisburg, AR and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Harrisburg Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Harrisburg Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Harrisburg Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give info that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that would help others would be much appreciated.

Harrisburg Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Harrisburg Police Jail Inmate List has information about individuals currently in custody, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find info about anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their arrest information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Harrisburg Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Harrisburg Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, street address, date of birth and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call to 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 street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take between 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. It also can depend on if you have a bond amount or if the judge needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Harrisburg Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Harrisburg Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors has to provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Harrisburg Police Jail can change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 870-578-2530 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Harrisburg Police Jail you have to first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Harrisburg Police Jail, and you will be searched. 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 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Harrisburg Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Harrisburg 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 Harrisburg 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 Harrisburg 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants on the website or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Poinsett County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are 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 that contains a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You can access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Harrisburg Police Jail jail inmates are always changing, so you should double check the Harrisburg Police Jail website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Harrisburg 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 Harrisburg Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 870-578-2530 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 Harrisburg Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, 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 money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Harrisburg Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Harrisburg Police Jail phone number is: 870-578-2530

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Harrisburg Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 state prisons and local jails learning 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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