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Altha Police Jail Information

Address

Altha Police Jail
25586 North Main Street
Altha, FL 32421

Phone Number

Phone: 850-762-3900

The Altha Police Jail is located at 25586 North Main Street in Altha, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Altha Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything related to the Altha Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information and advice that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that would help others would be welcome.

Altha Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you know someone that is incarcerated and need to find out where they are? Do you know a friend or family member who has been arrested and you want to find out where they are?

To find out who is in jail at the Altha Police Jail you will need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Altha Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people currently in custody, which includes current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get information for anyone processed or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Altha Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Altha Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

First, you will answer some simple questions, like your full name, address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID 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.

You will then be allowed to use the phone so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, 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 issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged takes between 15 minutes to many hours. So, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the release date, you should expect to get discharged that morning.

Altha Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Altha Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be put into a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Altha Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so you should call the facility at 850-762-3900 before you try to go to visitation.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Altha Police Jail you must first be on their approved 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 cellphones are allowed at Altha Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 Altha Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Altha 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.

Mailing Address

The mailing address for the Altha Police Jail is:

Altha Police Jail
25586 North Main Street
Altha, FL 32421

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Altha Police Jail
25586 North Main Street
Altha, FL 32421

The Altha Police Jail mail policy changes frequently, so we suggest that you visit the official website before you send a letter to an inmate there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Altha 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 Altha 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants online or call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records online, or at the Calhoun County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Altha Police Jail could change, so be sure to check the Altha Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Altha 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 Altha Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 850-762-3900 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 inmateâ€™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 Altha Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as 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

All phone calls from the Altha Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 850-762-3900

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Altha Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different 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 decrease 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases 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 Altha Police Jail, click the link below.

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