Las Animas Police Jail

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The Las Animas Police Jail is located at 326 Prowers Court in Las Animas, CO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Las Animas Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything related to the Las Animas Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Las Animas Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that could be beneficial to others would be much appreciated.

Las Animas Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Las Animas Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find info about anyone processed or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find the information fast if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Las Animas Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Las Animas Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you have to answer a number of questions, such as your full legal name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given 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 discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process will take from 30 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, expect to be discharged that morning.

Las Animas Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Las Animas Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered in a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so call the jail at 719-456-1313 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Las Animas Police Jail you must first be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Las Animas Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 younger than 18 years old 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 magazines to an inmate at the Las Animas Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Las Animas 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 Las Animas 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 Las Animas 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, you can check court records on the website or you can call the court directly. This requires a 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, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Bent County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the case. You can access court records on their website, or at the Bent County 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 all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to the Bent 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 completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to people in jail are always changing, so we suggest that you double check the Las Animas Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Las Animas 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 Las Animas Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 719-456-1313 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 Las Animas Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Las Animas Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are usually pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden.

The Las Animas Police Jail phone number is: 719-456-1313

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Las Animas Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 finding out how to lower 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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