Addison Police Jail

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The Addison Police Jail is located at 16323 County Road 41 in Addison, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Addison Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Addison Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, 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

The goal of this guide is to give advice and information you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Addison Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Addison Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and schedule for visitation. You can find info about anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information fast if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Addison Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Addison Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

First you will have to answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to make a phone call so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process will take between 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge must determine the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a date of your release, plan to get released in the morning.

Addison Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give each visitor’s full name to the Addison Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be put in a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Addison Police Jail can change, so you should call the jail at 256-747-1981 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Addison Police Jail you have to first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Addison Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If the 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not related to 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 Addison Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Addison 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 Addison 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 Addison 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 can check the court records on the Winston County court website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Winston County jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that includes a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access the court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to the Winston County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Addison Police Jail jail inmates might change, so be sure to double check the Addison Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Addison 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 Addison Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 256-747-1981 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 Addison Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want 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 items that the inmate can purchase 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 Addison Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are typically more expensive 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 must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 256-747-1981

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all inmate phone calls 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 Addison Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 state prisons and local jails learning 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 calling 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. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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