St Tammany Parish Jail

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The St Tammany Parish Jail is located at 300 Brownswitch Road in Slidell, LA and is a medium security county jail operated by the St Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the St Tammany Parish Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the St Tammany Parish Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find St Tammany Parish court records, and much, much more.

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9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at St Tammany Parish Jail
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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you advice and information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and also any tips or comments that could be a benefit to others would be welcome.

St Tammany Parish Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The St Tammany Parish Jail Inmate Search is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can get info about anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get the information faster if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

St Tammany Parish Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the St Tammany Parish Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full name, home address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you wear your 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 get discharged from jail. This process may take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge has to determine your bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, plan to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

St Tammany Parish Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the St Tammany Parish Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at St Tammany Parish Jail frequently change, so you should call the official St Tammany Parish Jail at (985) 276-1000 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the St Tammany Parish Jail you must be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at St Tammany Parish Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the St Tammany Parish Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the St Tammany Parish 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 St Tammany Parish 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 St Tammany Parish 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the St Tammany Parish jail website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file containing a court docket and any of the documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to St Tammany Parish Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so you should review the St Tammany Parish Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at St Tammany Parish 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 St Tammany Parish Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (985) 276-1000 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 St Tammany Parish Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind 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 the inmate can buy if they have money in their 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 St Tammany Parish Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are typically more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or cut altogether.

The St Tammany Parish Jail phone number is: (985) 276-1000

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 get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 St Tammany Parish Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their 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 St Tammany Parish Jail, click the link below.

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