Van Police Jail

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The Van Police Jail is located at 189 South Maple Street in Van, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Van Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything you might want to know about the Van Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Van Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information and tips you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to others would be much appreciated.

Van Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Van Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get info for anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their arrest information fast if you enter their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Van Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Van Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, home address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. This process takes from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate has to figure out the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a release date, expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Van Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Van Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put in the visitation log as an approved visitor. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Van Police Jail can change, so you should call the facility at 903-963-5222 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Van Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Van Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 Van Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Van 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 Van 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 Van 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, you are able to check the court records on the Van Zandt County court website or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any documents filed in your case. You can access court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You are able to 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 totally different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail might change, so be sure to review the Van Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Van 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 Van Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 903-963-5222 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 Van Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary 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

All phone calls from the Van Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are much more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 903-963-5222

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services 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 Van Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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. In some cases, 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 Van Police Jail, click the link below.

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