Maringouin Police Jail

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The Maringouin Police Jail is located at 77655 Landry Drive in Maringouin, LA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Maringouin Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Maringouin Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Maringouin Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the advice and information you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that could help other people in the same situation is welcome.

Maringouin Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Maringouin Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of people who have been arrested, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find info on anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Maringouin Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Maringouin Police Jail includes each of these steps:

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

First you will answer a number of questions, such as what is your legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you make a phone call so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able 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

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the magistrate has to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to be discharged that morning.

Maringouin Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Maringouin Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go into the visitors log as an authorized visitor. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

The Maringouin Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so you should call the official Maringouin Police Jail at 225-625-2879 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Maringouin Police Jail you must be on their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Maringouin Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not 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 under the age of 18 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 Maringouin Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Maringouin 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 Maringouin 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 Maringouin 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 for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Iberville Parish jail website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Iberville Parish jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to the Iberville Parish 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 totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail can change at any time, so it would be best to review the Maringouin Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Maringouin 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 Maringouin Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 225-625-2879 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 Maringouin Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Maringouin Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 225-625-2879

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 get to set the prices. The profits 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 Maringouin Police Jail. The prices 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 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 calling 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 won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison 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 Maringouin Police Jail, click the link below.

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