Falkville Police Jail

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The Falkville Police Jail is located at 21 North 1St Avenue in Falkville, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Falkville Police Department.

This site will tell you info about everything a person needs to know about the Falkville Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Falkville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, just ask it, and also any comments or tips that would help others will be appreciated.

Falkville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Falkville Police Jail Inmate List has information about individuals currently in custody, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get info on anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get the information faster if you’ve got their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Falkville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Falkville Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you will have to answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, street address, birthdate and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to use the phone in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing 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 post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged will take from 10 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the faster you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Falkville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Falkville Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered into a log of visitors as an approved visitor. Each visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Falkville Police Jail change often, so it would be wise to call the jail at 256-784-5237 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Falkville Police Jail you must first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Falkville Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody 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 normally 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 a family member of 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 Falkville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Falkville 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 Falkville 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 Falkville 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Morgan County court website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear 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 possibly an arrest date, contact the Morgan County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at the Morgan County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Falkville Police Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so be sure to review the Falkville Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Falkville 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 Falkville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 256-784-5237 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 Falkville Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust 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

All phone calls from the Falkville Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 256-784-5237

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Falkville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different 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 learning how to decrease 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t 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 jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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