Dodge County Jail

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The Dodge County Jail is located at 428 North Broad Street in Fremont, NE and is a medium security county jail operated by the Dodge County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything a person needs to know about the Dodge County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give advice and information you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that might help others would be welcome.

Dodge County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Dodge County Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find the same information about anyone arrested and booked or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information faster if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Dodge County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Dodge County Jail is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you use the phone in order to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process will take anywhere from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate must determine how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a release date, plan to be discharged that morning.

Dodge County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide information about each visitor to the Dodge County Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be entered into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Dodge County Jail visitation procedures change often, so call the jail at (402) 727-2706 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Dodge County Jail you must have your name on their visitation list.

Make 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.

No mobile phones are allowed at Dodge County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not 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 under the age of 18 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 magazines to an inmate at the Dodge County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Dodge 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 Dodge 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 Dodge 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Dodge County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Dodge County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the documents filed in your court case. You can access court records via the internet, or at the Dodge County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to the Dodge County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail is likely to change, so check the Dodge County Jail website before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Dodge 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 Dodge County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (402) 727-2706 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 Dodge 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 need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust 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 Dodge County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Dodge County Jail phone number is: (402) 727-2706

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all 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 Dodge County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 lower 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 significantly 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 cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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