Dawson County Jail

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The Dawson County Jail is located at 709 North Grant Street in Lexington, NE and is a medium security county jail operated by the Dawson County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Dawson County Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Dawson County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Dawson County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and tips that you’ll need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Dawson County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Dawson County Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find information for anybody processed or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate the information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Dawson County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Dawson County Jail takes you through these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to use the telephone so you can call family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you have a cash bond amount or if the judge must decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, plan to be released that morning.

Dawson County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list each visitor’s name to the Dawson County Jail before you can visit. This information will be entered in a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. All visitors will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so you should call the jail at (308) 324-2279 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Dawson County Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Dawson County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Dawson County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Dawson 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 Dawson 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 Dawson 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 are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Dawson County court website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Dawson County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail can change at any time, so you should visit the Dawson County Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Dawson 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 Dawson County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (308) 324-2279 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 Dawson County Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, 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 account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Dawson County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when and 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 under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or totally denied.

The Dawson County Jail phone number is: (308) 324-2279

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every 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 Dawson County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of 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 figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where 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 phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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