Alachua Police Jail

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The Alachua Police Jail is located at 15000 Northwest 142Nd Terrace in Alachua, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Alachua Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything related to the Alachua Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Alachua Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and tips that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Alachua Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Alachua Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals who are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting hours. You can also get information about anybody processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to get the information quicker if you have their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Alachua Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Alachua Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, street address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to make a phone call to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process may take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day long. So, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get released. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the magistrate has to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the discharge date, expect to get discharged in the morning.

Alachua Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must give each visitor’s name to the Alachua Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will go into the visitation log for the inmate. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Alachua Police Jail are always changing, so you should call the official Alachua Police Jail at 386-462-1396 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Alachua Police Jail you must first be on this person’s visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Alachua Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 a 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 magazines to an inmate at the Alachua Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Alachua 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 Alachua 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 Alachua 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 for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the Alachua County jail website or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Alachua County jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents filed in the court case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to the Alachua County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail change frequently, so visit the Alachua Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Alachua 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 Alachua Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 386-462-1396 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 Alachua Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Alachua Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get cut back or totally denied.

Phone Number: 386-462-1396

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits 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 Alachua Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 state prisons and local 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 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 circumstances where 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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