Platte Police Jail

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The Platte Police Jail is located at 310 South Main Avenue in Platte, SD and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Platte City Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything you might need to know about the Platte Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you info that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and any comments or tips that could help others will be appreciated.

Platte Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Platte Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and visiting schedule. You can find info on anyone arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information fast if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Platte Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Platte Police Jail includes the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You will have to answer some simple questions, like your full name, your address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you use the telephone in order to talk to family, friends, 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 jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process can take from 10 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you can get released from jail. Also, it can depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to decide on your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, plan to get released that morning.

Platte Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list information about each visitor to the Platte Police Jail in advance. This information will be put in the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Platte Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the official Platte Police Jail at 605-337-2144 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Platte Police Jail you have to first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Platte Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of 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 Platte Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Platte 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 Platte 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 Platte 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 inquiry on the website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, 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 Charles Mix County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Platte Police Jail might change, so check the Platte Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Platte 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 Platte Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 605-337-2144 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 Platte Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection 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, in addition to personal 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 Platte Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely.

The Platte Police Jail phone number is: 605-337-2144

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the inmate phone calls are shared 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 Platte Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 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. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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