Thornton Police Jail

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The Thornton Police Jail is located at 9551 Civic Center Drive in Thornton, CO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Thornton Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything one might want to know about the Thornton Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and advice that you’ll need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that could help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Thornton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Thornton Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and visiting schedule. You can also find info on anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate the information fast if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Thornton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Thornton Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you make a phone call so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process can take from 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get discharged. It also might depend on whether you have a cash bond or if a magistrate has to figure out how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a release date, expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Thornton Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to provide each visitor’s name to the Thornton Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will be entered into a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. All visitors will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so it would be wise to call the official Thornton Police Jail at 720-977-5020 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Thornton Police Jail you must be on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Thornton Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not normally 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor 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 Thornton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Thornton 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 Thornton 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 Thornton 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check court records on the Adams County court website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Adams County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail at the Thornton Police Jail might change, so you should review the Thornton Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Thornton 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 Thornton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 720-977-5020 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 Thornton Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Thornton Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally pricier 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 eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 720-977-5020

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from 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 Thornton Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 significantly on calling your inmate. In some cases, we won’t 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 has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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