Gurley Police Jail

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The Gurley Police Jail is located at 235 Walker Street in Gurley, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Gurley Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Gurley Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Gurley Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Gurley Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Gurley Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get info on anyone processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information fast if you have their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Gurley Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Gurley Police Jail includes the following steps:

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

You must answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, home address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to make a telephone call to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. It also might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate must decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Gurley Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s full name to the Gurley Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into the log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures change often, so you should call the jail at 256-776-3313 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Gurley Police Jail you have to first be added to their approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Gurley Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Gurley Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Gurley 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 Gurley 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 Gurley 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Madison County court website or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep 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 a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Madison County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a docket and all of the documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records on the website, or at the Madison County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These state databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to the Madison County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Gurley Police Jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you check the Gurley Police Jail website before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Gurley 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 Gurley Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 256-776-3313 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 Gurley Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items 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 Gurley Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Gurley Police Jail phone number is: 256-776-3313

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all inmate phone calls 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 Gurley Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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