Rio Grande City Police Jail

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The Rio Grande City Police Jail is located at 194 Farm To Market 2360 in Rio Grande City, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the La Grulla Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything you might want to know about the Rio Grande City Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Starr County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the info that you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and also any tips or comments that might help others would be welcome.

Rio Grande City Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Rio Grande City Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people currently in custody, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find information for anyone who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate their inmate information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Rio Grande City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Rio Grande City Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

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

They will allow you to make a telephone call to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process may take from 15 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate has to determine your bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a date of your release, you should plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Rio Grande City Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Rio Grande City Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the jail at 956-573-6606 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Rio Grande City Police Jail you have to have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Rio Grande City Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 younger than 18 years old 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 magazines to an inmate at the Rio Grande City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Rio Grande City 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 Rio Grande City 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 Rio Grande City 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 access arrest warrants on the Starr County court website or call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Starr County jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. Go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail might change, so you should check the Rio Grande City Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Rio Grande City 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 Rio Grande City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 956-573-6606 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 Rio Grande City Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, 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 account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

All phone calls from the Rio Grande City Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are a lot more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls might get cut back or forbidden.

Phone Number: 956-573-6606

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from 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 Rio Grande City 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 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 learning 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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