Hartselle Police Jail

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The Hartselle Police Jail is located at 150 Chestnut Street North West in Hartselle, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hartselle Police Department.

This page tells you info about anything related to the Hartselle Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Hartselle Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Morgan County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information and advice that you’ll need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to others is appreciated.

Hartselle Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hartselle Police Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals currently in custody, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can get information about anyone processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate the information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Hartselle Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Hartselle Police Jail is made up of these steps:

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

First you must answer some questions, like your legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to use the telephone to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. So, the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate has to decide on your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Hartselle Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Hartselle Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be entered in the visitors log for the inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide proof of identification. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Hartselle Police Jail frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 256-773-6534 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Hartselle Police Jail you must first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Hartselle Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Hartselle Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hartselle 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 Hartselle 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 Hartselle 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 an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Morgan County jail website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Morgan County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file that contains a court docket and all of the documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the Morgan County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates could change, so it would be best to visit the Hartselle Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hartselle 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 Hartselle Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 256-773-6534 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 Hartselle Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Hartselle Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on 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 break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated altogether.

The Hartselle Police Jail phone number is: 256-773-6534

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all inmate phone calls 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 Hartselle Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. 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 can save you money.

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

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