Douglas County Jail Phone Calls

The douglas county sheriff s office serves as the county s only local law enforcement agency.

Douglas county jail phone calls. Phone calls are limited to 20 minutes each. Douglas county sheriff s office incorporated in 1861. Our long standing motto of a tradition of service speaks to our employee s commitment to protect and serve the citizens and visitors of douglas county. A growing number of jails now offer email services to inmates and their families.

If you wish to leave a message for an inmate you can call the inmate message system at 320 762 2443. Messages are not taken for inmates at the douglas county jail. It is approximately 57 000 square feet. You can put money on the inmate s phone account using a kiosk located in the jail lobby.

Call an inmate securus is the inmate telephone service. Direct calls many jails are now contracting with a third party service for a fee that is less expensive and allows your inmate to use their phone system to make direct calls to your land line or cell phone. These messages are not confidential. Our jail houses male female and juvenile inmates.

Fcc douglas county jail call ruling pacific telephone company is not affiliated with the douglas county jail but is able to legally per a 2013 fcc ruling pursuant to fcc docket number da 13 1990 provide call routing services that can cut the cost of inmates calls from nevada county jails and prisons throughout the united states. Douglas county jail was built in 2010 at a cost of 12 9 million. For information regarding account set up please contact securus at 1 800 844 6591. Inmates may purchase phone cards through commissary on thursday s.

We have 156 beds and are approved to hold up to 135 inmates. In the event of an emergency situation however the correctional officer will take the name and phone number and allow a return call. If you wish to contact an inmate your options are to call and leave the inmate a voicemail up to 3 minutes send a secure message on gettingout utilize the postal service in accordance with the douglas county jail inmate mail policy or visit the inmate during official visitation hours. Inmates with money in their inmate trust account can use those funds to make phone calls.

Some jails also allow sell phone cards directly to an inmate in the jail commissary store. All inmates who are not otherwise restricted have access to a phone and may make pre paid or collect calls to non blocked phone numbers. Can i communicate by email with an inmate. We hold minimum medium and maximum security inmates.

Only inmates may initiate phone calls. To find out about douglas county jail phone services call 402 444 7400.