Madisonville Police Jail

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The Madisonville Police Jail is located at 805 Main Street in Madisonville, LA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Madisonville Police Department.

This guide tells you info about everything one might want to know about the Madisonville Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Madisonville Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information that you’ll need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others will be much appreciated.

Madisonville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Madisonville Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who have been arrested, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find information on anyone processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you have the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Madisonville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Madisonville Police Jail is made up of these steps:

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

First you will answer a bunch of questions, like your full legal name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to use the phone so you can call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail will take between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will be freed. Also, it can depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a judge still needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, plan to be released that morning.

Madisonville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide information about each visitor to the Madisonville Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered in a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Each visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the facility at 985-845-3393 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Madisonville Police Jail you must first have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Madisonville Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually 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 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 Madisonville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Madisonville 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 Madisonville 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 Madisonville 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 check arrest warrants on the St Tammany Parish court website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the St Tammany Parish jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that includes a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Madisonville Police Jail jail inmates could change, so it would be best to check the Madisonville Police Jail website before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Madisonville 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 Madisonville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 985-845-3393 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 Madisonville Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from 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 items that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust 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

The only phone calls that Madisonville Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are much pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls might get cut back or forbidden completely.

The Madisonville Police Jail phone number is: 985-845-3393

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 from all 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 Madisonville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of 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 lower 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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