Canton Police Jail

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The Canton Police Jail is located at 24980 State Highway 64 in Canton, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Canton Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about anything related to the Canton Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Canton Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and advice you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Canton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Canton Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who are in jail, including status, and schedule for visitation. You can get the same information on anyone booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate the information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Canton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Canton Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some questions, such as your full legal name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process will take between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate has to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, you should plan to get discharged in the morning.

Canton Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name to the Canton Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be put into the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor must provide proof of identification. Any visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Canton Police Jail can change, so call the facility at 903-567-4991 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Canton Police Jail you have to be on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Canton Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Canton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Canton 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 Canton 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 Canton 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 online or call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that contains a court docket and all of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Van Zandt County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Canton Police Jail is likely to change, so you should visit the Canton Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Canton 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 Canton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 903-567-4991 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 Canton Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their 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

All phone calls from the Canton Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are usually more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden.

The Canton Police Jail phone number is: 903-567-4991

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all of the 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 Canton Police Jail. The rates 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. 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 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 Canton Police Jail, click the link below.

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