Livingston Police Jail

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The Livingston Police Jail is located at 502 Lafayette Street in Livingston, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Livingston Police Department.

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

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that could be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Livingston Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Livingston Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and visiting schedule. You can also get info about anybody arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate the information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Livingston Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Livingston Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some basic questions, like what is your full name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process may take between 30 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you have a bond amount or if a judge still needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, plan to be released that morning.

Livingston Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Livingston Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be put in a Visiting log as an approved visitor. All visitors will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies change often, so we suggest that you call the official Livingston Police Jail at 205-652-9525 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Livingston Police Jail you have to first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

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

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 a family member of the inmate, the minor 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Livingston Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Livingston 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 Livingston 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 Livingston 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Sumter County court website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. 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 a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Sumter County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file containing a court docket and all of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at the Sumter County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Livingston Police Jail inmates change frequently, so you should visit the Livingston Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Livingston 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 Livingston Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 205-652-9525 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 Livingston Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to use 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 inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products 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

The only phone calls that Livingston Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about 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 a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Livingston Police Jail phone number is: 205-652-9525

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money 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 Livingston Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 state prisons and local jails finding out 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. 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 facility has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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