Saint Petersburg Police Jail

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The Saint Petersburg Police Jail is located at 2401 53Rd Street South in Saint Petersburg, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Gulfport Police Department.

This page tells you info about anything you might want to know about the Saint Petersburg Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Saint Petersburg Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Saint Petersburg Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Saint Petersburg Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and visiting hours. You can also find info about anybody who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Saint Petersburg Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Saint Petersburg Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

The first step is that you must answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full legal name, home address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you use the telephone so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, it will depend on whether you have a cash bond or if a judge has to determine the bail amount. For minor charges, you will get 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 expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Saint Petersburg Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s name to the Saint Petersburg Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put in the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Saint Petersburg Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 727-893-1030 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Saint Petersburg Police Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Saint Petersburg Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 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 Saint Petersburg Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Saint Petersburg 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 Saint Petersburg 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 Saint Petersburg 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants online or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Pinellas County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a court docket and any documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to the Pinellas County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates could change, so be sure to check the Saint Petersburg Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Saint Petersburg 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 Saint Petersburg Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 727-893-1030 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 Saint Petersburg Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy 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 Saint Petersburg Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive 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 you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, phone calls may be limited or eliminated altogether.

The Saint Petersburg Police Jail phone number is: 727-893-1030

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Saint Petersburg 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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