Section Police Jail

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The Section Police Jail is located at 72 Dutton Road in Section, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Section Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Section Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Section Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and advice that you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to others would be much appreciated.

Section Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Section Police Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who have been arrested, including custody status, and visiting schedule. You can also find the same information about anyone booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You can find their inmate information fast if you’ve got their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Section Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Section Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

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

The first step is that you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your full legal name, street address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to make a phone call to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. Also, it can depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge has to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a release date, plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Section Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the Section Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be put into the visitors log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so call the facility at 256-228-4210 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Section Police Jail you must first be added to their visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Section Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Section Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Section 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 Section 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 Section 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 have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Jackson County court website or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, 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 Jackson County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file that contains a docket and any filings and documents filed in the case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Section Police Jail inmates are always changing, so be sure to check the Section Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Section 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 Section Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 256-228-4210 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 Section Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need 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 products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These items 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

The only phone calls that Section Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 256-228-4210

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, 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 Section Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 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 prisons or jails where 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 phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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