Grant Parish Prison

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The Grant Parish Prison is located at 485 Richardson Drive in Colfax, LA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Grant Parish Prison, like how to find an inmate at the Grant Parish Prison, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the advice and information that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that could help other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Grant Parish Prison Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Grant Parish Prison Inmate Roster is a list of people who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can get info for anyone booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information fast if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Grant Parish Prison Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Grant Parish Prison takes you through the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You must answer some basic questions, like what is your full name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to use the phone in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process can take from 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you have a cash bond or if a judge must decide on how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, you should plan to be discharged that morning.

Grant Parish Prison Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Grant Parish Prison in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will go into a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. All visitors must provide proof of identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so make sure that you call the jail at (318) 627-3724 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Grant Parish Prison you have to be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Grant Parish Prison, 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 prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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, 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 Grant Parish Prison. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Grant Parish Prison 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 Grant Parish Prison. 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 Grant Parish Prison 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 for your arrest, you can access court records on the Grant Parish court website or you can call the court 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. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Grant Parish jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a docket and any documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access the court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to the Grant Parish Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Grant Parish Prison inmates might change, so be sure to visit the Grant Parish Prison site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Grant Parish Prison

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 Grant Parish Prison uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (318) 627-3724 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 Grant Parish Prison store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep 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 commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products including 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 Grant Parish Prison are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (318) 627-3724

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of 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 Grant Parish Prison. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 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. 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 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 Grant Parish Prison, click the link below.

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