Tarkio Police Jail

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The Tarkio Police Jail is located at 602 Main Street in Tarkio, MO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Tarkio Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Tarkio Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Tarkio Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

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

Tarkio Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Tarkio Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and visiting hours. You can also find the same information on anybody arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information faster if you have the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Tarkio Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Tarkio Police Jail includes these steps:

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

First you have to answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be 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 telephone call to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process can take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get released. Also, it can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the discharge date, plan to get released that morning.

Tarkio Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Tarkio Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will be put into a log of visitors for the inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Tarkio Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the official Tarkio Police Jail at 660-736-5522 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Tarkio Police Jail you have to first have your name on their 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.

No mobile phones at Tarkio Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 Tarkio Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Tarkio 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 Tarkio 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 Tarkio 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the Atchison County jail website or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Tarkio Police Jail are always changing, so it would be best to review the Tarkio Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Tarkio 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 Tarkio Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 660-736-5522 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 Tarkio Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These products 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 Tarkio 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 typically more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely.

The Tarkio Police Jail phone number is: 660-736-5522

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 how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Tarkio Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 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 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. In some cases, we won’t 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 Tarkio Police Jail, click the link below.

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