Nixon Police Jail

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The Nixon Police Jail is located at 106 West 3Rd Street in Nixon, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Nixon Police Department.

This page will tell you info about anything you might need to know about the Nixon Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Nixon Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the advice and information that you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Nixon Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Nixon Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals currently in custody, including status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find the same information for anybody arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can get the information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Nixon Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to use the telephone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your street clothes, if not you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will be freed. It also might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate must determine the bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, you should expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Nixon Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Nixon Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the visitors log as an approved visitor. Each visitor has to provide identification. Visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so it would be wise to call the jail at 830-582-1395 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Nixon Police Jail you have to be added to their visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Nixon Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 Nixon Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Nixon 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 Nixon 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 Nixon 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 are able to check the arrest warrants on the Gonzales County court website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Gonzales County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file containing a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access court records on the website, or at the Gonzales County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (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 theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail change frequently, so check the Nixon Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Nixon 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 Nixon Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 830-582-1395 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 Nixon Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need 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 purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Nixon Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges could be reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 830-582-1395

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all of the 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 Nixon Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not 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 facility has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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