Tulia Police Jail

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The Tulia Police Jail is located at 201 North Maxwell Avenue in Tulia, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Tulia Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Tulia Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Tulia Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Tulia Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Tulia Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who are in jail, which includes current status, and times you can visit. You can also find info for anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You can get their arrest information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Tulia Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Tulia Police Jail includes these steps:

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

First you must answer a bunch of questions, such as your legal name, street address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you use the phone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process can take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will be freed. It also depends on if you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the discharge date, plan to be released that morning.

Tulia Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must list information about each visitor to the Tulia Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor has to provide proof of identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 806-995-3555 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Tulia Police Jail you have to first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Tulia Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Tulia Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Tulia 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 Tulia 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 Tulia 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Swisher County jail website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear 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 a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Swisher County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that includes a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, 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 rules for sending funds to someone in jail is likely to change, so it would be best to visit the Tulia Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Tulia 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 Tulia Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 806-995-3555 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 Tulia Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust 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 Tulia Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are a lot more costly 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 break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone may be limited or cut altogether.

The Tulia Police Jail phone number is: 806-995-3555

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Tulia Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. 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 has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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