Uintah County Jail

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The Uintah County Jail is located at 152 East 100 North in Vernal, UT and is a medium security county jail operated by the Uintah County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Uintah County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Uintah County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you advice and information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that could be a benefit to others would be welcome.

Uintah County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Uintah County Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to get info for anyone processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Uintah County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Uintah County Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding 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 some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to use the telephone to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process will take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate has to figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a release date, expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Uintah County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must list each visitor’s name to the Uintah County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will go into the log for the inmate. Every visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Uintah County Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so it would be wise to call the jail at (435) 781-5422 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Uintah County Jail you have to be on their 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 cellphones are allowed at Uintah County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 old and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 Uintah County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Uintah 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 Uintah 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 Uintah 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the Uintah County jail website or 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 if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a docket sheet and all of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access court records on the website, or at the Uintah County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, 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 DWI or DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Uintah County Jail could change, so visit the Uintah County Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Uintah 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 Uintah County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (435) 781-5422 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 Uintah County Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items 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

The only phone calls that Uintah County Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on 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 a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated altogether.

The Uintah County Jail phone number is: (435) 781-5422

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all 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 Uintah 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 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 finding out 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 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 will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison 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 Uintah County Jail, click the link below.

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