Galveston County Jail

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The Galveston County Jail is located at 5700 Avenue H in Galeston, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Galveston County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Galveston County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information and tips that you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that might help others would be appreciated.

Galveston County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Galveston County Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people who have been arrested, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find information about anybody processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information faster if you have the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Galveston County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Galveston County Jail is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

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

You will then be allowed to use the telephone in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process will take from 30 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge has to figure out your 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 have a release date, you should expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Galveston County Jail Visitation

Inmates have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Galveston County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into the log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at (409) 766-2315 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Galveston County Jail you have to first be on their visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Galveston County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent 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 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Galveston County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Galveston 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 Galveston 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 Galveston 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Galveston 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 them. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Galveston County Jail inmates might change, so we suggest that you double check the Galveston County Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Galveston 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 Galveston County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (409) 766-2315 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 Galveston County Jail store. You can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember 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 inmates can buy 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 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

All phone calls from the Galveston County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are usually more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (409) 766-2315

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 get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls are split 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 Galveston County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of 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 state prisons and local jails finding out 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 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 any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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