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Harlingen Police Jail Information

Address

Harlingen Police Jail
1102 South Commerce Street
Harlingen, TX 78550-7707

Phone Number

Phone: 956-427-8750

The Harlingen Police Jail is located at 1102 South Commerce Street in Harlingen, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Harlingen Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything you might need to know about the Harlingen Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and lots more.

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and tips you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a question, just ask it, and also any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Harlingen Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member, loved one, or friend that is incarcerated and want to contact them? Do you know a family member or friend who’s been arrested and you don’t know how to find them?

In order to look up who’s in jail at the Harlingen Police Jail you will need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Harlingen Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who are in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find info about anyone arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you’ve got their full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Harlingen Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Harlingen Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

You will answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

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

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged may take from 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you can get out of jail. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate has to determine the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, you should plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Harlingen Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Harlingen Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be put into the visitation log as an approved visitor. Every visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Harlingen Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so you should call the facility at 956-427-8750 before you go to visitation.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Harlingen Police Jail you have to be added to this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Harlingen Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they must 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 related to 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 Harlingen Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Harlingen 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.

Mailing Address

The address that you should use if you are sending a letter to an inmate at the Harlingen Police Jail is:

Harlingen Police Jail
1102 South Commerce Street
Harlingen, TX 78550-7707

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Harlingen Police Jail
1102 South Commerce Street
Harlingen, TX 78550-7707

The Harlingen Police Jail mail policy changes, so you should double check the site before send a letter to someone in jail there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Harlingen 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 Harlingen 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 are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file containing a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in the case. You can access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Harlingen Police Jail jail inmates are always changing, so review the Harlingen Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Harlingen 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 Harlingen Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 956-427-8750 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 inmateâ€™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 Harlingen Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Harlingen Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are typically pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 956-427-8750

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Harlingen Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 figuring 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on calling your inmate. 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 has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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