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Groves Police Jail Information

Address

Groves Police Jail
3947 Lincoln Avenue
Groves, TX 77619-4604

Phone Number

Phone: 409-962-0244

The Groves Police Jail is located at 3947 Lincoln Avenue in Groves, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Groves Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about everything one might want to know about the Groves Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much much more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and advice you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Groves Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member, loved one, or friend that is incarcerated and want to find them? Do you know somebody that has been arrested and you need to find out where they are?

In order to see who is in jail at the Groves Police Jail you have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Groves Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and times you can visit. You can get info about anybody processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information fast if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Groves Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Groves Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

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

First, you must answer some basic questions, like what is your full name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you make a telephone call to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. This process can take from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get let go. Also, it might depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate must figure out your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Groves Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide information about each visitor to the Groves Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put in a log of visitors as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the facility at 409-962-0244 before you visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Groves Police Jail you have to first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be 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 without it.

No cellphones at Groves Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Groves Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Groves 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to an inmate at Groves Police Jail:

Groves Police Jail
3947 Lincoln Avenue
Groves, TX 77619-4604

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Groves Police Jail
3947 Lincoln Avenue
Groves, TX 77619-4604

The Groves Police Jail mail policy is always changing, so it would be best to review the site before you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Groves 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 Groves 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Jefferson County court website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Jefferson County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Jefferson County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally 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 get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Groves Police Jail jail inmates might change, so be sure to check the Groves Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Groves 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 Groves Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 409-962-0244 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 inmateâ€™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 Groves Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Groves Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or cut altogether.

The Groves Police Jail phone number is: 409-962-0244

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Groves 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 the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not 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 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 Groves Police Jail, click the link below.

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