Taylor Police Jail

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The Taylor Police Jail is located at 500 South Main Street in Taylor, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Taylor Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Taylor Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Taylor Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information and tips that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that could help other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Taylor Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Taylor Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get the same information on anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their arrest information faster if you have their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Taylor Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Taylor Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You have to answer a number of questions, like what is your legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call so you can talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process can take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, it depends on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, plan to get discharged in the morning.

Taylor Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Taylor Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be put in the visitation log as an approved visitor. Every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the official Taylor Police Jail at 512-352-5552 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Taylor Police Jail you have to be on their visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Taylor Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 Taylor Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Taylor 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 Taylor 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 Taylor 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access court records on the Williamson County jail website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s 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 will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Williamson County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Taylor Police Jail change frequently, so it would be best to visit the Taylor Police Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Taylor 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 Taylor Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 512-352-5552 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 Taylor Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want 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 products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products like 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 Taylor Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden.

The Taylor Police Jail phone number is: 512-352-5552

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. 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 Taylor Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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