Platteville Police Jail

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The Platteville Police Jail is located at 400 Grand Avenue in Platteville, CO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Platteville Police Department.

This site will tell you info about everything a person needs to know about the Platteville Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Platteville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
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Introduction

This guide is meant to give info that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others will be much appreciated.

Platteville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Platteville Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of people currently in custody, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get the same information for anybody who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate their arrest information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Platteville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Platteville Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you make a phone call so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail takes between 15 minutes to many hours. So, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge needs to decide on the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, you should plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Platteville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Platteville Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors will be required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so it would be wise to call the jail at 970-785-2215 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Platteville Police Jail you must first be added to their visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Platteville Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they must 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 old 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 Platteville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Platteville 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 Platteville 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 Platteville 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 access arrest warrants online or you are able to call the jail. 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. You should be clear 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 the date of their arrest, contact the Weld County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file containing a docket and any filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to 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 a person’s criminal history. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to the Weld County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail change frequently, so double check the Platteville Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Platteville 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 Platteville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 970-785-2215 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 Platteville Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from 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 buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Platteville Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Platteville Police Jail phone number is: 970-785-2215

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Platteville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 finding 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 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 any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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