Pagosa Springs Police Jail

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The Pagosa Springs Police Jail is located at 551 Hot Springs Boulevard in Pagosa Springs, CO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Pagosa Springs Police Department.

This page will tell you info about everything related to the Pagosa Springs Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Pagosa Springs Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to others will be welcome.

Pagosa Springs Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Pagosa Springs Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also get information on anyone processed or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their arrest information quicker if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Pagosa Springs Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Pagosa Springs Police Jail is made up of these steps:

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

First you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full legal name, street address, birthdate and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail will take from 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you have a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Pagosa Springs Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name to the Pagosa Springs Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be entered into the log as an authorized visitor. All visitors will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Pagosa Springs Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at 970-264-4151 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Pagosa Springs Police Jail you must first be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Pagosa Springs Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not 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 a 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Pagosa Springs Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Pagosa 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 Pagosa 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 Pagosa 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Archuleta County jail website or call the court. You have to have the person’s 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 an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Archuleta County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DWI or DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Pagosa Springs Police Jail jail inmates might change, so be sure to check the Pagosa Springs Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Pagosa 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 Pagosa Springs Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 970-264-4151 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 Pagosa Springs Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds 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

All phone calls from the Pagosa Springs Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated altogether.

The Pagosa Springs Police Jail phone number is: 970-264-4151

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, 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 Pagosa Springs Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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