Simpson County Jail

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The Simpson County Jail is located at 111 West Pine Avenue in Mendenhall, MS and is a medium security county jail operated by the Simpson County Sheriff’s Department.

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

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information and advice you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to others will be much appreciated.

Simpson County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Simpson County Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who are in jail, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get information on anyone booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate the information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Simpson County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Simpson County Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you will have to answer a number of questions, like what is your full legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to make a phone call in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get released. It also can depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Simpson County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s name to the Simpson County Jail in advance. Your visitors will be entered into the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor will have to provide identification. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so call the official Simpson County Jail at (601) 847-1439 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Simpson County Jail you must be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Simpson County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Simpson County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Simpson 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 Simpson 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 Simpson 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 on the website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the 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 know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information 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 contains a docket and all of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions 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 inmates at the Simpson County Jail are always changing, so we suggest that you double check the Simpson County Jail website before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Simpson 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 Simpson County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (601) 847-1439 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 Simpson County Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably 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 buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Simpson County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, 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, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (601) 847-1439

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Simpson 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 state prisons and local jails finding out 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 calling 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 will not 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 inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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