Waskom Police Jail

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The Waskom Police Jail is located at 425 West Texas Avenue in Waskom, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Waskom Police Department.

This site tells you info about everything related to the Waskom Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Waskom Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer info that you’ll need to make going to jail easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Waskom Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Waskom Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to get information for anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get the information fast if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Waskom Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

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

You will be allowed to make a telephone call so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process takes from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a judge must determine the bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Waskom Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give information about each visitor to the Waskom Police Jail in advance. This information will go into the visitation log as an approved visitor. Every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the jail at 903-687-2293 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Waskom 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 when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Waskom Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Waskom Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Waskom 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 Waskom 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 Waskom 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry online or call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file containing a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to the Harrison County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Waskom Police Jail change frequently, so be sure to visit the Waskom Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Waskom 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 Waskom Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 903-687-2293 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 Waskom Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want 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 an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have enough money 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

All phone calls from the Waskom Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are usually more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 903-687-2293

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. 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 Waskom Police Jail. The rates 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling 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 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 Waskom Police Jail, click the link below.

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