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Palatka Police Jail Information

Address

Palatka Police Jail
110 North 11Th Street
Palatka, FL 32177-3639

Phone Number

Phone: 386-329-0110

The Palatka Police Jail is located at 110 North 11Th Street in Palatka, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Palatka Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Palatka Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Palatka Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Putnam County court records, and much, much more.

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you info that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any tips or comments that might help others is much appreciated.

Palatka Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend that is in jail and need to contact them? Do you know someone that has been arrested and you need to locate them?

To find out who is in jail at the Palatka Police Jail you need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Palatka Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and times you can visit. You can also find the same information on anybody arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Palatka Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Palatka Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you make a phone call in order to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process takes anywhere from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will be released. It also can depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Palatka Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name to the Palatka Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be entered in a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. Each visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies can change, so it would be wise to call the official Palatka Police Jail at 386-329-0110 before you go to the jail to visit.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Palatka Police Jail you have to first be on their approved visitation list.

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

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

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 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 Palatka Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Palatka 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.

Mailing Address

The mailing address for the Palatka Police Jail is:

Palatka Police Jail
110 North 11Th Street
Palatka, FL 32177-3639

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Palatka Police Jail
110 North 11Th Street
Palatka, FL 32177-3639

The Palatka Police Jail mail policy is always changing, so it would be best to review the official website when you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Palatka 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 Palatka 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 an outstanding warrant, you can access arrest warrants inquiry online or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Putnam County jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file containing a court docket and all documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the Putnam County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Palatka Police Jail change frequently, so check the Palatka Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Palatka 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 Palatka Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 386-329-0110 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 inmateâ€™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 Palatka Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to use 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 buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Palatka Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates must 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, phone calls may be limited or forbidden completely.

The Palatka Police Jail phone number is: 386-329-0110

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make 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 Palatka Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not 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 Palatka Police Jail, click the link below.

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