Seymour Police Jail

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The Seymour Police Jail is located at 102 West California Street in Seymour, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Seymour Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything a person needs to know about the Seymour Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and tips you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that might help other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Seymour Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Seymour Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who are in jail, which includes status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get the same information about anybody processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find their inmate information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Seymour Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Seymour Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You will have to answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will be allowed to use the phone so you can call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process may take from 30 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get released. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge must decide on your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the release date, plan to get released in the morning.

Seymour Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Seymour Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put into the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor will have to provide identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Seymour Police Jail change often, so we suggest that you call the facility at 940-889-8888 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Seymour Police Jail you must have your name on their visitation list.

Be 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.

No mobile phones are allowed at Seymour Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 under the age of 18 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 Seymour Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Seymour 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 Seymour 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 Seymour 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 are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Baylor County jail website or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Baylor County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file containing a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access the court records on the internet, or at the Baylor County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Seymour Police Jail change frequently, so it would be best to review the Seymour Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Seymour 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 Seymour Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 940-889-8888 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 Seymour Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 products 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Seymour Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 940-889-8888

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all 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 Seymour Police Jail. The rates 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 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 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 money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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