Wisner Police Jail

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The Wisner Police Jail is located at 9528 Natchez Street in Wisner, LA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Wisner Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about everything related to the Wisner Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Wisner Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information and advice that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Wisner Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Wisner Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find information on anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Wisner Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Wisner Police Jail includes each of these steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some simple questions, such as what is your full legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to make a phone call in order to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged can take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will be freed. Also, it will depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, you should plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Wisner Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s name to the Wisner Police Jail before you can visit. This information will be put into a Visiting log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Wisner Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the facility at 318-724-6358 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Wisner Police Jail you have to be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Wisner Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer 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 must 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Wisner Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Wisner 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 Wisner 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 Wisner 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the Franklin Parish court website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Franklin Parish jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file containing a docket and any documents filed in the court case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (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 rules for sending funds to Wisner Police Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so be sure to double check the Wisner Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Wisner 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 Wisner Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 318-724-6358 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 Wisner Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like 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 get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have money 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

All phone calls from the Wisner Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to 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 break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden.

The Wisner Police Jail phone number is: 318-724-6358

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make are shared 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 Wisner Police Jail. The prices 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 state prisons and local jails finding out 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 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 circumstances where 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 rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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