Sparta Police Jail

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The Sparta Police Jail is located at 131 North Avenue in Sparta, MO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Sparta Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything related to the Sparta Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the advice and information that you’ll need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Sparta Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sparta Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about people currently in custody, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get info for anybody who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to get their arrest information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Sparta Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Sparta Police Jail includes each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you have to answer some questions, like your full legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you make a phone call to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take between 10 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, it can depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must figure out your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will 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 get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Sparta Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Sparta Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the official Sparta Police Jail at 417-634-4061 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Sparta Police Jail you must first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Sparta Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 old and is not related to the inmate, this 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 Sparta Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sparta 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 Sparta 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 Sparta 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 on the Christian County jail website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, 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 Christian County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a court docket and any documents filed in the court case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Christian County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to the Christian County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail at the Sparta Police Jail is likely to change, so it would be best to review the Sparta Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sparta 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 Sparta Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 417-634-4061 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 Sparta Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Sparta Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are generally more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 417-634-4061

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Sparta Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different 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 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their inmate 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 Sparta Police Jail, click the link below.

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