Burnet Police Jail

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The Burnet Police Jail is located at 105 South Rhomberg Street in Burnet, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Burnet Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything related to the Burnet Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Burnet Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information and advice that you’ll need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and any tips or comments that might be beneficial to others will be much appreciated.

Burnet Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Burnet Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who are in jail, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get info for anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to get their arrest information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Burnet Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Burnet Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you must answer some questions, like what is your full name, street address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process can take anywhere between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate has to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Burnet Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Burnet Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will go into a log of visitors for the inmate. All visitors will be required to provide proof of identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Burnet Police Jail can change, so you should call the facility at 512-756-6404 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Burnet Police Jail you must be added to the inmate’s approved 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.

No mobile phones at Burnet Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 magazines to an inmate at the Burnet Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Burnet 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 Burnet 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 Burnet 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 can access arrest warrants on the Burnet County court website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Burnet County jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file that contains a docket and all documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the Burnet County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates change frequently, so be sure to check the Burnet Police Jail website before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Burnet 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 Burnet Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 512-756-6404 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 Burnet Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 Burnet Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 512-756-6404

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits 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 Burnet Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t 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 facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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