Dalhart Police Jail

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The Dalhart Police Jail is located at 202 Rock Island Avenue in Dalhart, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Dalhart Police Department.

This page tells you info about anything one might want to know about the Dalhart Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Dallam County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that might help others would be much appreciated.

Dalhart Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Dalhart Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find info for anyone processed or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find their inmate information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Dalhart Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Dalhart Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you must answer a number of questions, like your legal name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to use the telephone to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you 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 jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail can take between 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will be released. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to determine the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the date of your release, expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Dalhart Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must list each visitor’s full name to the Dalhart Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put in the log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Dalhart Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so call the jail at 806-244-5544 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Dalhart Police Jail you must have your name on 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 visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Dalhart Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 Dalhart Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Dalhart 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 Dalhart 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 Dalhart 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Dallam County jail website or you can call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should know 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 the date of their arrest, contact the Dallam County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and these records are 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 all documents and filings filed in the case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Dalhart Police Jail are always changing, so be sure to review the Dalhart Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Dalhart 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 Dalhart Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 806-244-5544 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 Dalhart Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use 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 buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Dalhart Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 806-244-5544

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Dalhart Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 lower 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone call 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 Dalhart Police Jail, click the link below.

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