Jonestown Police Jail

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The Jonestown Police Jail is located at 18310 Park Drive in Jonestown, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Jonestown Police Department.

This page tells you info about anything you might want to know about the Jonestown Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Jonestown Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and advice that you need to make the process easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Jonestown Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Jonestown Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and visiting hours. You can get the same information on anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their inmate information quicker if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Jonestown Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Jonestown Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer a bunch of questions, such as your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process can take anywhere from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the faster you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to determine the bail amount. For a minor charge, 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 have a release date, you should expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Jonestown Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give information about each visitor to the Jonestown Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. All visitors must provide proof of identification. Visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the official Jonestown Police Jail at 512-267-7007 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

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

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

No phones are allowed at Jonestown Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Jonestown Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Jonestown 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 Jonestown 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 Jonestown 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 check the court records on the website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know 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 jail, by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that contains a docket and all documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Jonestown Police Jail are always changing, so check the Jonestown Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Jonestown 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 Jonestown Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 512-267-7007 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 Jonestown Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Jonestown Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls may be limited or totally denied.

The Jonestown Police Jail phone number is: 512-267-7007

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money 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 Jonestown 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 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail 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 Jonestown Police Jail, click the link below.

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