Howard County Detention Center

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The Howard County Detention Center is located at 101 Isaac Perkins Boulevard in Nashville, AR and is a medium security county jail operated by the Howard County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you info about everything a person needs to know about the Howard County Detention Center, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make the process easier. If you have a question, just ask them, and also any comments or tips that might help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Howard County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Howard County Detention Center Inmate List is an online list of people who are in jail, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find the same information on anyone processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information faster if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Howard County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Howard County Detention Center is made up of each of these steps:

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

First you must answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you make a phone call in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate has to determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to get released that morning.

Howard County Detention Center Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Howard County Detention Center before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will go in the log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor must provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the jail at (870) 845-2626 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Howard County Detention Center you must have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Howard County Detention Center, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Howard County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Howard County Detention Center 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 Howard County Detention Center. 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 Howard County Detention Center 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 can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Howard County court website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Howard County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to the Howard County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail is likely to change, so it would be best to double check the Howard County Detention Center site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Howard County Detention Center

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 Howard County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (870) 845-2626 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 Howard County Detention Center store. You can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably 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 products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Howard County Detention Center are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are a lot pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or forbidden.

The Howard County Detention Center phone number is: (870) 845-2626

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Howard County Detention Center. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Howard County Detention Center, click the link below.

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