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Converse County Jail Information

Address

Converse County Jail
107 North 5th Street
Douglas, WY 82633

Phone Number

Phone: (307) 358-4700

The Converse County Jail is located at 107 North 5th Street in Douglas, WY and is a medium security county jail operated by the Converse County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything related to the Converse County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Converse County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and everything else.

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Converse County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend that is locked up and don’t know how to find them? Do you know somebody who has been arrested and you need to find them?

To find out who is in jail at the Converse County Jail you need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Converse County Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find information on anyone arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their inmate information faster if you have their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Converse County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Converse County Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some basic questions, such as your legal name, address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

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

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process will take from 10 minutes to many hours. So, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will be freed. It also can depend on whether you have a bond amount or if a judge must decide on the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, you should expect to be released that morning.

Converse County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list each visitor’s full name to the Converse County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into the log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Anyone showing up late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Converse County Jail change often, so we suggest that you call the facility at (307) 358-4700 before you go to visitation.

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

To visit an inmate at the Converse County Jail you have to first be on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Converse County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of 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 will have to 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 of age 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 Converse County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Converse 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.

Mailing Address

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

Converse County Jail
107 North 5th Street
Douglas, WY 82633

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Converse County Jail
107 North 5th Street
Douglas, WY 82633

The Converse County Jail inmate mail policy changes often, so you should visit the official Converse County Jail site when you send a letter to an inmate there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Converse 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 Converse 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the Converse County jail website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file containing a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. Go to the Converse County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Converse County Jail might change, so check the Converse County Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Converse 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 Converse County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (307) 358-4700 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 Converse County Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Converse County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Converse County Jail phone number is: (307) 358-4700

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Converse County 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 state prisons and local jails finding 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 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. In some cases, we won’t 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 facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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