Athens Police Jail

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The Athens Police Jail is located at 202 West Scott Street in Athens, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Athens Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything related to the Athens Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and any comments or feedback that could help others is welcome.

Athens Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Athens Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals who are in jail, including custody status, and visiting schedule. You can also get information on anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find the information faster if you’ve got their name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Athens Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Athens Police Jail includes these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

First you will answer some simple questions, like your full name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to use the phone to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process takes anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. So, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge still needs to determine the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the date of your release, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Athens Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Athens Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered in a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so you should call the official Athens Police Jail at 903-675-5454 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Athens Police Jail you must be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Athens Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not 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 of age and is not a family member of 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 magazines to an inmate at the Athens Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Athens 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 Athens 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 Athens 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 for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Henderson County jail website or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in the case. You can access the court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Athens Police Jail is likely to change, so it would be best to review the Athens Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Athens 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 Athens Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 903-675-5454 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 Athens Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items 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 personal hygiene products such as 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 Athens Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and 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 are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls might get cut back or totally denied.

Phone Number: 903-675-5454

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 Athens Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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