Erath County Jail

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The Erath County Jail is located at 1043 Glen Rose Road in Stephenville, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Erath County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Erath County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Erath County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Erath County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Erath County Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to find info about anyone who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find the information quicker if you’ve got their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Erath County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Erath County Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

You will have to answer some questions, like what is your full legal name, address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to use the telephone so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. This process takes anywhere between 10 minutes to all day. So, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, it might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, you should plan to get discharged in the morning.

Erath County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name to the Erath County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies change often, so call the official Erath County Jail at (254) 965-3221 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Erath County Jail you have to first have your name on their 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 are allowed at Erath County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 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 Erath County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Erath County 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 Erath County 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 Erath County 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access court records on the Erath County court website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, 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 jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that includes a court 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 Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to the Erath County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates change frequently, so we suggest that you visit the Erath County Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Erath County 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 Erath County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (254) 965-3221 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 Erath County Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use 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 inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Erath County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are typically more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden.

The Erath County Jail phone number is: (254) 965-3221

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 Erath County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to lower 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 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 prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone 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 Erath County Jail, click the link below.

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