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Melville Police Jail Information

Address

Melville Police Jail
516 Church Street
Melville, LA 71353-3500

Phone Number

Phone: 337-623-5777

The Melville Police Jail is located at 516 Church Street in Melville, LA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Melville Police Department.

This guide tells you info about anything you might want to know about the Melville Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Melville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the info you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that might help others would be appreciated.

Melville Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that has gone to jail and don’t know how to contact them? Do you know a friend or family member that has been arrested and you need to find out what jail they’re in?

In order to search who is in jail at the Melville Police Jail you will have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Melville Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and visiting schedule. You can also find information on anybody who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can find the information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Melville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Melville Police Jail includes each of the following 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.

The first step is that you will have to answer a number of questions, like what is your full name, street address, birth date and contact person, and also, 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 be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to make a phone call so you can call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

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

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged may take from 10 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge must decide on the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a release date, plan to get released that morning.

Melville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Melville Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a log of visitors for the inmate. All visitors is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the official Melville Police Jail at 337-623-5777 before you try to go to visitation.

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 someone at the Melville Police Jail you have to be added to this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Melville Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 magazines to an inmate at the Melville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Melville 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

The address that you should use if you are sending a letter to an inmate at the Melville Police Jail is:

Melville Police Jail
516 Church Street
Melville, LA 71353-3500

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Melville Police Jail
516 Church Street
Melville, LA 71353-3500

The mail policy at the Melville Police Jail changes frequently, so be sure to visit the site before send a letter to someone in jail there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Melville 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 Melville 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 for your arrest, you are able to check the court records online or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken 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, by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail might change, so you should visit the Melville Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Melville 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 Melville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 337-623-5777 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 Melville Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Melville Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 337-623-5777

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Melville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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