Crete Police Jail

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The Crete Police Jail is located at 1945 Forest Avenue in Crete, NE and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Crete Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything related to the Crete Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and any tips or comments that would be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

Crete Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Crete Police Jail Inmate List has information about people who are in jail, including custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get the same information on anybody arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Crete Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Crete Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you make a phone call in order to call family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get out of jail. It also will depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, you should expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Crete Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Crete Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will go into the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so you should call the facility at 402-826-4311 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Crete Police Jail you must be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Crete Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If the 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Crete Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Crete 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 Crete 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 Crete 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 are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Saline County court website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file that includes a docket and any documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at the Saline County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to the Saline County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Crete Police Jail could change, so be sure to check the Crete Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Crete 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 Crete Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 402-826-4311 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 Crete Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Crete Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 402-826-4311

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all 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 Crete Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, 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 Crete Police Jail, click the link below.

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