Simmesport Police Jail

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The Simmesport Police Jail is located at 372 Mission Drive in Simmesport, LA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Simmesport Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Simmesport Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Simmesport Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you info that you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Simmesport Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Simmesport Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can also get the same information for anyone processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information fast if you have their name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Simmesport Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer a bunch of questions, like your full legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

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

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will be released. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate has to decide on 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 have a discharge date, you should plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Simmesport Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Simmesport Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will go into a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Simmesport Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so call the official Simmesport Police Jail at 318-941-2576 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Simmesport Police Jail you must have your name on 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 visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Simmesport Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not related to 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 Simmesport Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Simmesport 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 Simmesport 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 Simmesport 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the Avoyelles Parish court website or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should know that if there is a 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, as well as their arrest date, contact the Avoyelles Parish jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket and all of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to the Avoyelles Parish Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates could change, so you should review the Simmesport Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Simmesport 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 Simmesport Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 318-941-2576 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 Simmesport Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products such as 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 Simmesport Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden.

The Simmesport Police Jail phone number is: 318-941-2576

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every 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 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 Simmesport Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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