Trenton Police Jail

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The Trenton Police Jail is located at 216 Hamilton Street in Trenton, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Trenton Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Trenton Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information and tips you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

Trenton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Trenton Police Jail Inmate Search has information about people who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and visiting schedule. You can find info on anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Trenton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

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

You will get to make a telephone call to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process may take anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. It also might depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if a magistrate must determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will be 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 release date, you should plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Trenton Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to provide each visitor’s full name to the Trenton Police Jail in advance. This information will be put in a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. All visitors is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so you should call the jail at 903-989-2237 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Trenton Police Jail you must first be on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Trenton Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Trenton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Trenton 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 Trenton 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 Trenton 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, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the Fannin County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to the Fannin County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime 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 are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Trenton Police Jail are always changing, so it would be best to check the Trenton Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Trenton 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 Trenton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 903-989-2237 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 Trenton Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Trenton Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated altogether.

The Trenton Police Jail phone number is: 903-989-2237

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Trenton 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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