Graceville Police Jail

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The Graceville Police Jail is located at 5348 Cliff Street in Graceville, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Graceville Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Graceville Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Graceville Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and any comments or tips that would help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Graceville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Graceville Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who are in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. You can find info about anyone who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Graceville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Graceville Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

First you have to answer some basic questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to make a telephone call to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process may take between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Graceville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list information about each visitor to the Graceville Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be entered in the log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so call the official Graceville Police Jail at 850-263-3944 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Graceville Police Jail you have to first be on their visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Graceville Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must obtain 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 under the age of 18 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, this 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Graceville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Graceville 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 Graceville 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 Graceville 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can access arrest warrants inquiry online or you can call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind 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 the date of their arrest, contact the Jackson County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail change frequently, so you should visit the Graceville Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Graceville 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 Graceville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 850-263-3944 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 Graceville Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need 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 items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These items 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

All phone calls from the Graceville Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden.

The Graceville Police Jail phone number is: 850-263-3944

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all 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 Graceville 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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