Chataignier Police Jail

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The Chataignier Police Jail is located at 226 Martin Luther King Drive in Chataignier, LA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Chataignier Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything related to the Chataignier Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Evangeline Parish court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give advice and information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to others is much appreciated.

Chataignier Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Chataignier Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and visiting schedule. You can find information for anybody who has been arrested or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find their arrest information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Chataignier Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Chataignier Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

First you must answer a number of questions, such as your legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process can take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will be released. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you have a bond amount or if the judge needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Chataignier Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide each visitor’s full name to the Chataignier Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in a log of approved visitors for the inmate. All visitors will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

The Chataignier Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so call the official Chataignier Police Jail at 337-885-2500 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Chataignier Police Jail you must have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Chataignier Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the 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 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 Chataignier Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Chataignier 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 Chataignier 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 Chataignier 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the Evangeline Parish jail website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. Go to the Evangeline Parish Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail could change, so double check the Chataignier Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Chataignier 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 Chataignier Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 337-885-2500 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 Chataignier Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably 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 inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products such as 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 Chataignier Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, phone calls may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Chataignier Police Jail phone number is: 337-885-2500

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, 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 Chataignier Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 lower your inmates phone charges is 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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