Excelsior Springs Police Jail

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The Excelsior Springs Police Jail is located at 301 South Main Street in Excelsior Springs, MO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Excelsior Springs Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Excelsior Springs Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Excelsior Springs Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and tips that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Excelsior Springs Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Excelsior Springs Police Jail Inmate List is a list of people who are in jail, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get the same information for anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate the information faster if you have your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Excelsior Springs Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Excelsior Springs Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you must answer some simple questions, such as your full legal name, street address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process can take between 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get released. Also, it can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Excelsior Springs Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to provide each visitor’s name to the Excelsior Springs Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will be entered into a log of visitors for the inmate. Each and every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Excelsior Springs Police Jail change often, so call the facility at 816-630-2000 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Excelsior Springs Police Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Excelsior Springs Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 old 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Excelsior Springs Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Excelsior Springs Police 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 Excelsior Springs Police 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 Excelsior Springs Police 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can access court records on the Clay County jail website or you are able to 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 them. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file containing a court docket and all documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at the Clay County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Excelsior Springs Police Jail can change at any time, so you should visit the Excelsior Springs Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Excelsior Springs Police 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 Excelsior Springs Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 816-630-2000 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 Excelsior Springs Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

The only phone calls that Excelsior Springs Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 816-630-2000

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. 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 Excelsior Springs Police 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 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. 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 inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Excelsior Springs Police Jail, click the link below.

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