Benton County Jail

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The Benton County Jail is located at 1300 SW 14th Street in Bentonville, AR and is a medium security county jail operated by the Benton County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Benton County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Benton County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Benton County Jail Inmate Search has information about people who are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. You can also find the same information on anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get the information fast if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Benton County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Benton County Jail includes these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to use the telephone to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get let go. Also, it might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, you should expect to be released in the morning.

Benton County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give information about each visitor to the Benton County Jail in advance of any visit. This information will go in the log for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the facility at (479) 271-1011 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Benton County Jail you must be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Benton County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Benton County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Benton County 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 Benton County 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 Benton County 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants online or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person 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 a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file containing a docket sheet and all of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Benton County Jail can change at any time, so be sure to visit the Benton County Jail website before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Benton County 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 Benton County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (479) 271-1011 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 Benton County Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, 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 commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Benton County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (479) 271-1011

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all inmate phone calls 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 Benton County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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