Springdale Police Jail

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The Springdale Police Jail is located at 201 North Spring Street in Springdale, AR and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Springdale Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about everything related to the Springdale Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Washington County court records, and lots more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Springdale Police Jail
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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that would be a benefit to others is welcome.

Springdale Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Springdale Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get info for anyone who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to locate the information fast if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Springdale Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Springdale Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

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

You will get to make a telephone call to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get let go. It also might depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if the judge has to determine your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, plan to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Springdale Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Springdale Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the jail at 479-751-4542 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

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

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

No mobile phones at Springdale Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 Springdale Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Springdale 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 Springdale 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 Springdale 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 for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Washington County court website or you are able to call the jail. 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 there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Washington County jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file containing a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access your court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail could change, so you should review the Springdale Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Springdale 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 Springdale Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 479-751-4542 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 Springdale Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products like 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 Springdale Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. 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 inmates 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 rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated completely.

The Springdale Police Jail phone number is: 479-751-4542

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control 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 Springdale 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 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 learning 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not 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 phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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