Berkeley Police Jail

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The Berkeley Police Jail is located at 5850 North Hanley Road in Berkeley, MO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Berkeley Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Berkeley Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Berkeley Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the info that you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and also any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Berkeley Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Berkeley Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find info about anybody arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to find their inmate information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Berkeley Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Berkeley Police Jail is made up of these steps:

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

You will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, home address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to make a telephone call in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process takes anywhere between 10 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get let go. It also will depend on whether you have a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Berkeley Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide information about each visitor to the Berkeley Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be put into a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so you should call the official Berkeley Police Jail at 314-524-3311 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Berkeley Police Jail you must first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

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

If a 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, the minor 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 Berkeley Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Berkeley 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 Berkeley 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 Berkeley 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the court records online or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the St Louis County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file containing a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Berkeley Police Jail change frequently, so you should double check the Berkeley Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Berkeley 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 Berkeley Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 314-524-3311 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 Berkeley Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items 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

The only phone calls that Berkeley Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are much pricier than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or cut altogether.

The Berkeley Police Jail phone number is: 314-524-3311

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 money these phone service providers make 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 Berkeley Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 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 circumstances 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 these cases, the jail has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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