Princeton Police Jail

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The Princeton Police Jail is located at 323 East Mckinney Street in Princeton, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Princeton Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Princeton Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Princeton Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give advice and information you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that could be beneficial to others will be much appreciated.

Princeton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Princeton Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who are in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. You can also get information on anybody arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their inmate information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Princeton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Princeton Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer some simple questions, such as what is your full legal name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to use the phone so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will be freed. Also, it depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must determine the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, expect to be released that morning.

Princeton Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must list each visitor’s name to the Princeton Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of visitors for the inmate. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Princeton Police Jail are always changing, so call the facility at 972-736-3901 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Princeton Police Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Princeton Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they must 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 of age 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Princeton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Princeton 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 Princeton 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 Princeton 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 are able to check the court records online or you are able to call the court. 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 a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Collin County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Collin County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Princeton Police Jail might change, so be sure to visit the Princeton Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Princeton 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 Princeton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 972-736-3901 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 Princeton Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. 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 a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money 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 Princeton Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 972-736-3901

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Princeton Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 lower your inmates phone charges is 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 calling your inmate. In some cases, 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 or prison has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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