Sevier County Jail

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The Sevier County Jail is located at 835 East 300 North in Richfield, UT and is a medium security county jail operated by the Sevier County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Sevier County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Sevier County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Sevier County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give advice and information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask them, and any feedback or comments that could be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Sevier County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sevier County Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, which includes current status, and times you can visit. You can get information on anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to locate the information more quickly if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Sevier County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Sevier County Jail includes these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If 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 will have to answer some simple questions, like what is your full name, address, birth date and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process can take anywhere between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you can get released from jail. Also, it will depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, expect to be released that morning.

Sevier County Jail Visitation

Inmates have to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Sevier County Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered into the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors is 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 be turned away.

The Sevier County Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the jail at (435) 896-2660 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Sevier County Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Sevier County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 Sevier County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sevier 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 Sevier 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 Sevier 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, you are able to check the court records online or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a docket and all filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to the Sevier County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DWI or DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail are always changing, so you should check the Sevier County Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sevier 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 Sevier County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (435) 896-2660 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 Sevier County Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. 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 items that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Sevier County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (435) 896-2660

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Sevier County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t 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 phone call 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 Sevier County Jail, click the link below.

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