Biloxi Police Jail

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The Biloxi Police Jail is located at 170 Porter Avenue in Biloxi, MS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Biloxi Police Department.

This site tells you info about everything you might need to know about the Biloxi Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and tips you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to others would be appreciated.

Biloxi Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Biloxi Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of people currently in custody, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get information about anyone arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find their arrest information fast if you enter their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Biloxi Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you will have to answer some simple questions, such as what is your full legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you make a telephone call so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take from 10 minutes to all day. So, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get out of jail. Also, it can depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to determine your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Biloxi Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Biloxi Police Jail before you can visit. This information will be put into a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor has to provide identification. Anyone showing up late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures change often, so call the jail at 228-435-6100 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Biloxi Police Jail you have to be on 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 without it.

No mobile phones at Biloxi Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 Biloxi Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Biloxi 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 Biloxi 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 Biloxi 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Harrison County jail, by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access the court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to the Harrison County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail are always changing, so it would be best to check the Biloxi Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Biloxi 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 Biloxi Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 228-435-6100 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 Biloxi Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want 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 items that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 Biloxi Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 228-435-6100

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Biloxi 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 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail 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 Biloxi Police Jail, click the link below.

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