Morgan County Jail

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The Morgan County Jail is located at 801 East Beaver in Fort Morgan, CO and is a medium security county jail operated by the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about anything related to the Morgan County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Morgan County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Morgan County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and advice you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that could help others would be welcome.

Morgan County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Morgan County Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can find info for anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Morgan County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you have to answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to use the phone so you can contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process may take anywhere between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, it can depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge has to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a release date, expect to get released that morning.

Morgan County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide information about each visitor to the Morgan County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go in the visitors log for the inmate. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies can change, so make sure that you call the official Morgan County Jail at (970) 542-3455 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Morgan County Jail you have to be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Morgan County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be 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, 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 Morgan County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Morgan 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 Morgan 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 Morgan 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 access arrest warrants on the Morgan County court website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get 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 Morgan County jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file containing a court docket and any of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the Morgan County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail could change, so it would be best to double check the Morgan County Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Morgan 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 Morgan County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (970) 542-3455 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 Morgan County Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products like 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Morgan County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or cut altogether.

The Morgan County Jail phone number is: (970) 542-3455

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Morgan County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 calling your inmate. In some cases, we will not 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 inmate 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 Morgan County Jail, click the link below.

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