Bushnell Police Jail

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The Bushnell Police Jail is located at 501 North Market Street in Bushnell, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bushnell Police Department.

This page will tell you info about everything you might want to know about the Bushnell Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the info that you’ll need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and any comments or feedback that might help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Bushnell Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bushnell Police Jail Inmate List has information about individuals who are in jail, including custody status, and times you can visit. You can find the same information on anyone arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can get their inmate information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Bushnell Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Bushnell Police Jail includes 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.

You must answer a number of questions, such as your legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

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

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, it can depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, you should expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Bushnell Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Bushnell Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into the log for the inmate. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures change often, so we suggest that you call the jail at 352-793-6810 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Bushnell Police Jail you must be on this person’s 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 Bushnell Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a 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 magazines to an inmate at the Bushnell Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bushnell 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 Bushnell 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 Bushnell 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 might have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the Sumter County court website or you can call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Sumter County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that contains a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the Sumter County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to the Sumter County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes, which can include, 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 money to someone in jail can change at any time, so it would be best to double check the Bushnell Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bushnell 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 Bushnell Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 352-793-6810 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 Bushnell Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember 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 a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Bushnell Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Bushnell Police Jail phone number is: 352-793-6810

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all of the 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 Bushnell Police Jail. The rates 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, 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 call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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