Burt County Jail

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The Burt County Jail is located at 111 North 13th Street in Tekamah, NE and is a medium security county jail operated by the Burt County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you info about anything you might need to know about the Burt County Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Burt County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and tips that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Burt County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Burt County Jail Inmate List has information about people who have been arrested, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find information on anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information faster if you enter their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Burt County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Burt County Jail includes each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you must answer a bunch of questions, like your full legal name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you make a phone call so you can call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process can take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. It also depends on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge has to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Burt County Jail Visitation

The inmate need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Burt County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the log as an approved visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies can change, so make sure that you call the official Burt County Jail at (402) 374-2900 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Burt County Jail you must be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Burt County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not normally 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Burt County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Burt 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 Burt 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 Burt 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 check arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person 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 know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Burt County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to the Burt County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Burt County Jail could change, so be sure to double check the Burt County Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Burt 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 Burt County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (402) 374-2900 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 Burt County Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection 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 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 Burt County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but you 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, phone calls might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Burt County Jail phone number is: (402) 374-2900

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Burt County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 learning how to decrease 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money 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 facility has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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