Brilliant Police Jail

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The Brilliant Police Jail is located at 1060 Main Street in Brilliant, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Brilliant Police Department.

This guide tells you info about anything one might want to know about the Brilliant Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you info you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Brilliant Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Brilliant Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who have been arrested, which includes status, and visiting schedule. You can also find the same information on anybody who has been arrested or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find the information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Brilliant Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Brilliant Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

You will answer some basic questions, such as what is your full legal name, home address, birth date and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to use the telephone in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will be released. It also will depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must determine your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, you should expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Brilliant Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to list each visitor’s name to the Brilliant Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into the log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Brilliant Police Jail can change, so it would be wise to call the facility at 205-465-2254 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Brilliant Police Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Brilliant Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Brilliant Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Brilliant 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 Brilliant 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 Brilliant 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Marion County jail website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You can access your court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Brilliant Police Jail jail inmates might change, so double check the Brilliant Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Brilliant 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 Brilliant Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 205-465-2254 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 Brilliant Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Brilliant Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or totally denied.

The Brilliant Police Jail phone number is: 205-465-2254

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make are split 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 Brilliant Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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