Bowie Police Jail

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The Bowie Police Jail is located at 302 Lindsey Street in Bowie, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bowie Police Department.

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

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you advice and information that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, just ask it, and also any tips or comments that might help others would be welcome.

Bowie Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bowie Police Jail Inmate List has information about people who are in jail, including current status, and visiting schedule. You can get information about anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Bowie Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some basic questions, such as what is your full legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone to call 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 be able to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process takes from 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. It also depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate has to figure out the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be 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 at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Bowie Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide information about each visitor to the Bowie Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Bowie Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so call the jail at 940-872-2251 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Bowie Police Jail you must first be on their visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Bowie Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually 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 younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Bowie Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bowie 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 Bowie 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 Bowie 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 court records on the Montague County jail website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Montague County jail, on the phone, 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 records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail are always changing, so you should visit the Bowie Police Jail website before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bowie 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 Bowie Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 940-872-2251 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 Bowie Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably 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 purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Bowie Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or totally denied.

The Bowie Police Jail phone number is: 940-872-2251

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Bowie Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility 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 Bowie Police Jail, click the link below.

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