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Purdy Police Jail Information

Address

Purdy Police Jail
101 Front Street
Purdy, MO 65734

Phone Number

Phone Number: 417-442-7429

The Purdy Police Jail is located at 101 Front Street in Purdy, MO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Purdy Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything related to the Purdy Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Barry County court records, and lots more.

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and advice that you’ll need to make going to jail easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that could help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Purdy Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that has gone to jail and need to contact them? Do you know a family member or friend that has been arrested and you want to locate them?

In order to search who’s in jail at the Purdy Police Jail you should use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Purdy Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who are in jail, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find info for anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their arrest information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Purdy Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Purdy Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you will answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal 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 to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged will depend on if you have a cash bond or if the magistrate must figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Purdy Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Purdy Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 417-442-7429 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Purdy Police Jail you must have your name on their visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Purdy Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Purdy Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Purdy 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.

Mailing Address

The address that you should use if you are sending a letter to an inmate at the Purdy Police Jail is:

Purdy Police Jail
101 Front Street
Purdy, MO 65734

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Purdy Police Jail
101 Front Street
Purdy, MO 65734

The mail policy at the Purdy Police Jail is always changing, so review the official website before you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Purdy 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 Purdy 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear 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 first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file containing a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail change frequently, so it would be best to check the Purdy Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Purdy 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 Purdy Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 417-442-7429 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 inmateâ€™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 Purdy Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably 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 enough money in their account. These products 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

All phone calls from the Purdy Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges could be reduced or cut altogether.

The Purdy Police Jail phone number is: 417-442-7429

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits 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 Purdy Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 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. There are some circumstances 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 jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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