El Campo Police Jail

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The El Campo Police Jail is located at 303 East Jackson Street in El Campo, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the El Campo Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything you might want to know about the El Campo Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the El Campo Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the info you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask it, and any comments or feedback that would help other people in the same situation is welcome.

El Campo Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The El Campo Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can get information on anybody processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their arrest information fast if you’ve got their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

El Campo Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the El Campo Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will answer some basic questions, like your legal name, address, birth date and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you make a phone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. This process will take from 10 minutes to many hours. So, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get out of jail. It also might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must decide on your bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, you should expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

El Campo Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the El Campo Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will go into a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The El Campo Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the jail at 979-543-5311 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the El Campo Police Jail you must be added to their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at El Campo Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not going to be 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 El Campo Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the El Campo 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 El Campo 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 El Campo 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, you can check the court records on the Wharton County court website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file containing a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Wharton County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail at the El Campo Police Jail might change, so it would be best to double check the El Campo Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at El Campo 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 El Campo Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 979-543-5311 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 El Campo Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 El Campo Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are typically pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear 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, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

Phone Number: 979-543-5311

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 El Campo Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails learning 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 calling 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 prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail 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 El Campo Police Jail, click the link below.

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