Mcnary Police Jail

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The Mcnary Police Jail is located at 53 West Cady Avenue in Mcnary, LA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Mcnary Police Department.

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

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you advice and information that you’ll need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to others would be appreciated.

Mcnary Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mcnary Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about people who are in jail, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get information on anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate the information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Mcnary Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Mcnary Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some basic questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a phone call to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process takes between 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the faster you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge has to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a discharge date, plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Mcnary Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give information about each visitor to the Mcnary Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will go in the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The Mcnary Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so call the official Mcnary Police Jail at 318-748-8264 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Mcnary Police Jail you have to have your name on their visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Mcnary Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they must 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Mcnary Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mcnary 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 Mcnary 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 Mcnary 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 inquiry on the Rapides Parish jail website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Rapides Parish jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You can access your court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. Go to the Rapides Parish Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Mcnary Police Jail are always changing, so we suggest that you check the Mcnary Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mcnary 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 Mcnary Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 318-748-8264 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 Mcnary Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably 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 items 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

The only phone calls that Mcnary Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or totally denied.

The Mcnary Police Jail phone number is: 318-748-8264

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits 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 Mcnary Police Jail. The rates 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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