Bonifay Police Jail

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The Bonifay Police Jail is located at 809 South Waukesha Street in Bonifay, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bonifay City Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Bonifay Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give advice and information that you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Bonifay Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bonifay Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. You can also find info on anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Bonifay Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Bonifay Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will have to answer some simple questions, like what is your full name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call to call family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process will take anywhere between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the faster you can get out of jail. Also, it will depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate must determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Bonifay Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to list each visitor’s full name to the Bonifay Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the log as an approved visitor. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Bonifay Police Jail are always changing, so make sure that you call the jail at 850-547-3661 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Bonifay Police Jail you have to have your name on their visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Bonifay Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of 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 must 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Bonifay Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bonifay 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 Bonifay 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 Bonifay 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 might have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Holmes County court website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should know 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 possibly an arrest date, contact the Holmes County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Holmes County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Bonifay Police Jail inmates change frequently, so it would be best to review the Bonifay Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bonifay 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 Bonifay Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 850-547-3661 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 Bonifay Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products including 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 Bonifay Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear 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 phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Bonifay Police Jail phone number is: 850-547-3661

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of 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 Bonifay 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 significantly on calling your inmate. 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 facility 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 Bonifay Police Jail, click the link below.

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