Flatonia Police Jail

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The Flatonia Police Jail is located at 105 South Market Avenue in Flatonia, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Flatonia Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything related to the Flatonia Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Flatonia Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer advice and information you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that could help other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Flatonia Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Flatonia Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who are in jail, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find info for anyone booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get the information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Flatonia Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will have to answer some simple questions, such as what is your full name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a phone call so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process can take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released can depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a release date, you should plan to be released that morning.

Flatonia Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must list information about each visitor to the Flatonia Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be put in the visitors log as an Authorized visit. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Flatonia Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the official Flatonia Police Jail at 361-865-3337 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Flatonia Police Jail you have to be on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Flatonia Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 Flatonia Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Flatonia 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 Flatonia 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 Flatonia 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Fayette County court website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file containing a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely 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 a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Flatonia Police Jail could change, so be sure to check the Flatonia Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Flatonia 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 Flatonia Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 361-865-3337 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 Flatonia Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember 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 the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products like 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 Flatonia Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 361-865-3337

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of 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 Flatonia 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 finding out 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases 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 Flatonia Police Jail, click the link below.

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