Garland Police Jail

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The Garland Police Jail is located at 1891 Forest Lane in Garland, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Garland Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything related to the Garland Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Garland Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the info that you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Garland Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Garland Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals currently in custody, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get the same information about anyone who has been arrested or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate the information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Garland Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Garland Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

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

You will be allowed to make a telephone call in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able 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 change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get released. Also, it will depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, plan to be discharged that morning.

Garland Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide information about each visitor to the Garland Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put into the log as an approved visitor. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Garland Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 972-205-2011 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Garland Police Jail you must be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Garland Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation 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 younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of the inmate, this visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Garland Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Garland 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 Garland 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 Garland 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Dallas County court website or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Dallas County jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that includes a docket and any of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at the Dallas County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Garland Police Jail inmates change frequently, so double check the Garland Police Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Garland 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 Garland Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 972-205-2011 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 Garland Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like 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 a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Garland Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Garland Police Jail phone number is: 972-205-2011

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, 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 Garland 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 learning 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 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 money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison 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 Garland Police Jail, click the link below.

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