Anderson Police Jail

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The Anderson Police Jail is located at 7262 State Highway 207 in Anderson, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Anderson Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Anderson Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Anderson Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the advice and information you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

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Who’s In Jail

The Anderson Police Jail Inmate List has information about people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get information for anyone booked or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to find the information quicker if you enter their full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Anderson Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Anderson Police Jail is made up of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some simple questions, like your legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you use the telephone in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process will take between 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate has to decide on the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Anderson Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Anderson Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in the log for the inmate. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the jail at 256-247-3617 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Anderson Police Jail you must be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Anderson Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can 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 younger than 18 years old 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 Anderson Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Anderson 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 Anderson 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 Anderson 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 think you might have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the website or call the jail. 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, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Lauderdale County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket and any documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at the Lauderdale County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates change frequently, so it would be best to double check the Anderson Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Anderson 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 Anderson Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 256-247-3617 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 Anderson Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind 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 a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as 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

The only phone calls that Anderson Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges could be reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 256-247-3617

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all phone calls that inmates make 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 Anderson Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 finding out how to lower 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails 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 these cases, the jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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