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Woodville Police Jail Information

Address

Woodville Police Jail
29923 State Highway 35
Woodville, AL 35776

Phone Number

Phone: 256-776-2860

The Woodville Police Jail is located at 29923 State Highway 35 in Woodville, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Woodville Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything related to the Woodville Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Jackson County court records, and more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give advice and information you need to make the process easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Woodville Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that is in jail and want to locate them? Do you know somebody that’s been arrested and you don’t know how to find out where they are?

In order to see who is in jail at the Woodville Police Jail you will need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

First Name

Last Name

State

Who’s In Jail

The Woodville Police Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. You can also get info about anyone booked or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate the information faster if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Woodville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Woodville Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will answer a number of questions, such as your full name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone 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 shortly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take between 10 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will be released. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if the judge still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Woodville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Woodville Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor is required to provide identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will be turned away.

The Woodville Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so we suggest that you call the facility at 256-776-2860 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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

Before you can visit someone at the Woodville Police Jail you must first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Woodville Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally 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 a family member of 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 Woodville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Woodville 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

If you would like to send a letter to an inmate at Woodville Police Jail, use this address:

Woodville Police Jail
29923 State Highway 35
Woodville, AL 35776

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Woodville Police Jail
29923 State Highway 35
Woodville, AL 35776

The Woodville Police Jail inmate mail policy changes often, so be sure to check the official website before you send a letter to an inmate there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Woodville 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 Woodville 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 can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Jackson County court website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. 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 have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Jackson County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a court docket and all of the documents filed in your case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Jackson County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Woodville Police Jail inmates could change, so be sure to double check the Woodville Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Woodville 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 Woodville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 256-776-2860 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 Woodville Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want 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 the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Woodville Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are generally pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or totally denied.

The Woodville Police Jail phone number is: 256-776-2860

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the inmate phone calls are shared 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 Woodville 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 state prisons and local jails finding 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, 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 Woodville Police Jail, click the link below.

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