Belton Police Jail

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The Belton Police Jail is located at 711 East 2Nd Avenue in Belton, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Belton Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the Belton Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the advice and information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and any tips or comments that could help others would be welcome.

Belton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Belton Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people currently in custody, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find the same information on anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can get the information quicker if you’ve got their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Belton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

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

They will allow you to use the phone to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process takes anywhere from 30 minutes to all day long. So, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Belton Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Belton Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered in the visitors log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor will be required to provide identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

The Belton Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so call the facility at 254-933-5840 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Belton Police Jail you must first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be 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 phones are allowed at Belton Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If the 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not related to the inmate, this 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 Belton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Belton 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 Belton 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 Belton 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check court records on the website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get 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 jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that includes a court docket and all filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records online, or at the Bell County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DWI or DUI, 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 breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Belton Police Jail might change, so be sure to review the Belton Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Belton 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 Belton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 254-933-5840 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 Belton Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember 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 products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products 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

The only phone calls that Belton Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls may be limited or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 254-933-5840

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of all phone calls that inmates make are shared 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 Belton 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 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 finding 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 facility 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 Belton Police Jail, click the link below.

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