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Alcester Police Jail Information

Address

Alcester Police Jail
106 West 2Nd Street
Alcester, SD 57001

Phone Number

Phone: 605-934-2481

The Alcester Police Jail is located at 106 West 2Nd Street in Alcester, SD and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Alcester Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about everything you might want to know about the Alcester Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Alcester Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and much more.

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that would help others is much appreciated.

Alcester Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that is in jail and don’t know how to contact them? Do you know someone that’s been arrested and you need to find them?

In order to find out who’s in jail at the Alcester Police Jail you will need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

First Name

Last Name

State

Who’s In Jail

The Alcester Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people currently in custody, including current status, and times you can visit. You can also find the same information for anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Alcester Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Alcester 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, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, your address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to use the phone in order to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process will take anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the faster you can get out of jail. Also, it can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate needs to figure out your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Alcester Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Alcester Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go into the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Alcester Police Jail frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 605-934-2481 before you visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Alcester Police Jail you must be added to this person’s approved 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 cellphones are allowed at Alcester Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain 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 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Alcester Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Alcester 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to an inmate at Alcester Police Jail:

Alcester Police Jail
106 West 2Nd Street
Alcester, SD 57001

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Alcester Police Jail
106 West 2Nd Street
Alcester, SD 57001

The inmate mail policy at the Alcester Police Jail is always changing, so be sure to double check the official website when you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Alcester 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 Alcester 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 access arrest warrants inquiry online or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail 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 first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at the Union County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. 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 intensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Alcester Police Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so be sure to double check the Alcester Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Alcester 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 Alcester Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 605-934-2481 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 inmateâ€™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 Alcester Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind 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 buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Alcester Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are usually more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, 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 may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 605-934-2481

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers 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 from 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 Alcester Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 figuring out how to decrease 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone call 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 Alcester Police Jail, click the link below.

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