Steamboat Springs Police Jail

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The Steamboat Springs Police Jail is located at 840 Yampa Street in Steamboat Springs, CO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Steamboat Springs Police Department.

This page will tell you info about everything you might want to know about the Steamboat Springs Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Steamboat Springs Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information that you’ll need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to others will be much appreciated.

Steamboat Springs Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Steamboat Springs Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to get info for anyone processed or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Steamboat Springs Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Steamboat Springs Police Jail includes each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

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

They will allow you to use the phone in order to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. This process can take from 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. It also might depend on if you have a bond amount or if a judge still needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, you should expect to get released that morning.

Steamboat Springs Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must provide each visitor’s full name to the Steamboat Springs Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be entered into the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors has to provide identification. Anyone arriving late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 970-879-1144 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Steamboat Springs Police Jail you have to first have your name 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 Steamboat Springs Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent 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 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 under the age of 18 and is not a family member of 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 Steamboat Springs Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Steamboat 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 Steamboat 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 Steamboat 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 think you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Routt County jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that contains a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Steamboat Springs Police Jail jail inmates change frequently, so you should check the Steamboat Springs Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Steamboat 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 Steamboat Springs Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 970-879-1144 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 Steamboat Springs Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use 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 products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products 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

The only phone calls that Steamboat Springs Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and 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 ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden.

Phone Number: 970-879-1144

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 Steamboat Springs Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 learning how to lower 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 or prison 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 Steamboat Springs Police Jail, click the link below.

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