Clarksdale Police Jail

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The Clarksdale Police Jail is located at 121 Sunflower Avenue in Clarksdale, MS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Clarksdale Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about anything you might need to know about the Clarksdale Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Clarksdale Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer info that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and also any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Clarksdale Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Clarksdale Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find info for anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get the information fast if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Clarksdale Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Clarksdale Police Jail includes these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full legal name, home address, birth date and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you use the phone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged from jail. It also depends on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to determine the bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Clarksdale Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list each visitor’s full name to the Clarksdale Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go into a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Clarksdale Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so you should call the jail at 662-621-8152 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Clarksdale Police Jail you have to first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

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

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Clarksdale Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Clarksdale 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 Clarksdale 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 Clarksdale 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the Coahoma County jail website or call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file containing a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in your case. You can access the court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to the Coahoma County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates change frequently, so it would be best to check the Clarksdale Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Clarksdale 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 Clarksdale Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 662-621-8152 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 Clarksdale Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their 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

The only phone calls that Clarksdale 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 typically more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 662-621-8152

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money 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 Clarksdale Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different 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 figuring out how to decrease 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 circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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