Buffalo Police Jail

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The Buffalo Police Jail is located at 639 Fort Street in Buffalo, WY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Buffalo Police Department.

This page will tell you info about everything you might need to know about the Buffalo Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Buffalo Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Johnson County court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give advice and information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Buffalo Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Buffalo Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find the same information on anyone arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Buffalo Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Buffalo Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

First you will have to answer some simple questions, like what is your legal name, street address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged takes from 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get released. It also will depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge must decide on your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, you should plan to be released that morning.

Buffalo Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Buffalo Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go in the visitors log as an approved visitor. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies change often, so call the facility at 307-684-5581 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Buffalo Police Jail you have to first be on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Buffalo Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Buffalo Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Buffalo 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 Buffalo 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 Buffalo 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 can check the arrest warrants online or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Bear in mind 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, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Johnson County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the Johnson County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to the Johnson County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for crimes, which include, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail could change, so it would be best to visit the Buffalo Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Buffalo 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 Buffalo Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 307-684-5581 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 Buffalo Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, 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 commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products like 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 Buffalo Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 307-684-5581

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the inmate phone calls are split 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 Buffalo Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. 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 phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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