Portland Police Jail

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The Portland Police Jail is located at 902 Moore Avenue in Portland, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Portland Police Department.

This site will tell you info about anything a person needs to know about the Portland Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Portland Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information and tips that you’ll need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and any tips or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Portland Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Portland Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals currently in custody, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get info about anybody processed or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Portland Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Portland Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some basic questions, such as your legal name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take between 10 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the faster you can get out of jail. It also might depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, plan to be released that morning.

Portland Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Portland Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will go in the visitation log for the requesting inmate. All visitors will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so you should call the jail at 361-643-2546 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Portland Police Jail you have to first be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Portland Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 under the age of 18 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 magazines to an inmate at the Portland Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Portland 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 Portland 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 Portland 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 can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the San Patricio County jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if 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 will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Portland Police Jail could change, so check the Portland Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Portland 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 Portland Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 361-643-2546 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 Portland Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, 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 money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Portland Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 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 totally denied.

The Portland Police Jail phone number is: 361-643-2546

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 get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Portland Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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