Foley Police Jail

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The Foley Police Jail is located at 200 East Section Avenue in Foley, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Foley Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything one might want to know about the Foley Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give info you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and any comments or feedback that would help other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Foley Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Foley Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who are in jail, including current status, and schedule for visitation. You can get the same information about anybody processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you’ve got their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Foley Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer a number of questions, such as what is your legal name, street address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone in order to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process takes from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge still needs to figure out the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Foley Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must provide each visitor’s full name to the Foley Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Foley Police Jail frequently change, so call the official Foley Police Jail at 251-952-4010 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Foley Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Be 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 mobile phones are allowed at Foley Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Foley Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Foley 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 Foley 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 Foley 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the website or call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Baldwin County jail, by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the Baldwin County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Foley Police Jail inmates change frequently, so visit the Foley Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Foley 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 Foley Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 251-952-4010 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 Foley Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy 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 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 Foley Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are usually more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls might get reduced or cut altogether.

The Foley Police Jail phone number is: 251-952-4010

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Foley Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 learning how to lower 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 won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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