Hardin County Jail

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The Hardin County Jail is located at 300 West Monroe Street in Kountze, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Hardin County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Hardin County Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Hardin County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give info that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask it, and also any comments or tips that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Hardin County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hardin County Jail Inmate List has information about people who have been arrested, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to get the same information for anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Hardin County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Hardin County Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

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

You will get to use the telephone in order to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get released. Also, it depends on if you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the date of your release, expect to be released in the morning.

Hardin County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Hardin County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Hardin County Jail visitation procedures can change, so you should call the facility at (409) 246-5100 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Hardin County Jail you have to first be on their approved visitation list.

Make 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 phones are allowed at Hardin County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not 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 the 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Hardin County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hardin 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 Hardin 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 Hardin 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Hardin County court website or you are able to call the court 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 an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket and any of the documents filed in the case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the Hardin County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal background. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Hardin County Jail jail inmates change frequently, so visit the Hardin County Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hardin 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 Hardin County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (409) 246-5100 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 Hardin County Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely 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 inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 Hardin County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Hardin County Jail phone number is: (409) 246-5100

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set 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 Hardin 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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