Dallas Police Jail

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The Dallas Police Jail is located at 187 Southeast Court Street in Dallas, OR and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Dallas Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Dallas Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that might be a benefit to others would be appreciated.

Dallas Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Dallas Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who are in jail, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get the same information about anybody arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information quicker if you’ve got their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Dallas Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Dallas Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer some questions, such as what is your full name, home address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to use the telephone so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear 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

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process can take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate has to determine your bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, you should expect to be discharged that morning.

Dallas Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Dallas Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be entered into a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 503-831-3516 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Dallas Police Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

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

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not related to the inmate, the minor 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Dallas Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Dallas 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 Dallas 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 Dallas 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants on the 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. You should know 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 the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Polk County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a docket and all documents filed in the case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to the Polk County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Dallas Police Jail inmates can change at any time, so it would be best to double check the Dallas Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Dallas 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 Dallas Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 503-831-3516 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 Dallas Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Dallas Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or cut altogether.

The Dallas Police Jail phone number is: 503-831-3516

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Dallas Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 figuring out 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 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 will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison 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 Dallas Police Jail, click the link below.

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