Deaf Smith County Jail

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The Deaf Smith County Jail is located at 235 East 3rd Street in Hereford, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Deaf Smith County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you info about everything you might want to know about the Deaf Smith County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Deaf Smith County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Deaf Smith County Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who are in jail, which includes status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get info about anyone processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can get the information faster if you’ve got their name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Deaf Smith County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Deaf Smith County Jail includes the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

First you must answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take between 10 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, it might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge must figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, you should plan to be released that morning.

Deaf Smith County Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list information about each visitor to the Deaf Smith County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be put in a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. All visitors will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Deaf Smith County Jail visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at (806) 364-2311 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Deaf Smith County Jail you have to be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Deaf Smith County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 old and is not a family member of 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 Deaf Smith County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Deaf Smith 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 Deaf Smith 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 Deaf Smith 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check the court records on the website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear 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, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that contains a docket and all of the documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Deaf Smith County Jail might change, so be sure to double check the Deaf Smith County Jail website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Deaf Smith 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 Deaf Smith County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (806) 364-2311 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 Deaf Smith County Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds 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

All phone calls from the Deaf Smith County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are typically pricier than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (806) 364-2311

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Deaf Smith County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 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 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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