The Crowley County Detention Facility is charged by law to be responsible for the safekeeping, care, and custody of all inmates held in the facility.
While in the facility, your behavior and conduct will determine what happens to you and what privileges you receive. You are expected to obey all rules and regulations.
Mission:
The Crowley County Detention Center accomplishes its mission by the secure and humane holding of inmates legally detained. The functions of the facility are to maintain the security of the institution; ensure that inmates, staff and visitors to the facility are safe; provide basic care to the inmate population.
Our inmate phone system is through Cidnet, you can go to https://customer.cidnet.net/ to set up an account. From there you can add money to an inmates phone so they can call you or do remote visitation.
Visitation is done strictly through the inmate phone system now, there is a kiosk in the lobby available for use on Thursday from 8am -4pm for visitation. Remote video visitation is available to you daily, schedule those visits through cidnet. We would like to remind you that even though the visits are video they may still be terminated immediately if a visitor or inmate violates any facility rule.
Effective January 1, 2022
1. Bond fees, booking fees, and other fees or debts never need to be paid to secure a person’s release on money bond. A payor need only pay the bond amount in order to secure release.
2. While never a basis to hold a defendant in jail, the following fees are chargeable as a debt to the defendant after release if the payor chooses not to pay the fees at the time of bonding: a $10 bond fee and a maximum 3.5% credit card payment fee. No other bond-related fees may be charged at any time, including any kiosk fees or fees for payment by cash, check, or money order.
3. Bond payments are to be made out to the holding county and are never to be made out in the name of the incarcerated person.
4. A sheriff must release a defendant within six hours after a personal recognizance bond is set and the defendant has returned to jail or within six hours after a cash bond has been set and the defendant has returned to jail and the defendant or surety notified the jail that bond is prepared to be posted, unless extraordinary circumstances exist. In the event of a delay of more than six hours, a surety and the defendant have a right to know what, if any, extraordinary circumstance is causing the delay. Supervisory conditions of release do not justify a delay in release; except that a sheriff may hold a defendant for up to 24 hours if necessary to ensure a defendant is fitted with required electronic monitoring.
5. Anyone who posts a money bond has the right to receive a copy of the bond paperwork, including documentation of the next upcoming court date.
6. A surety may never be asked to use posted bond money to pay a defendant’s debts. Only when defendants have posted their own money bond may they be asked if they would like to voluntarily relinquish bond money to pay their debts. Relinquishment of bond money by a defendant to pay a debt is never required and is entirely a voluntary choice by the defendant.
To file a complaint in reference to violation of HB 21-1280
If inmates need to file a complaint, they should file a written complaint (either on paper or using the forms in Cidnet) to the Jail Captain. The complaints will be reviewed, and appropriate action will be taken.
