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Harrison County Jail Information

Address

Harrison County Jail
200 West Houston Street
Marshall, TX 75670

Phone Number

Phone: (903) 923-4003

The Harrison County Jail is located at 200 West Houston Street in Marshall, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about anything you might need to know about the Harrison County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Harrison County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Harrison County court records, and much more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and tips that you need to make going to jail easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and any comments or feedback that would help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Harrison County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that is in jail and need to contact them? Do you know someone who’s been arrested and you want to locate them?

In order to look up who is in jail at the Harrison County Jail you have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Harrison County Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info for anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Harrison County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Harrison County Jail includes the following steps:

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

First, you will have to answer a number of questions, such as your full legal name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you use the telephone to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge has to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Harrison County Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide each visitor’s full name to the Harrison County Jail before you can visit. This information will be put into the visitors log as an approved visitor. Every visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

The Harrison County Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the facility at (903) 923-4003 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Harrison County Jail you have to first be added to their visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Harrison County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be 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 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 Harrison County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Harrison 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to someone incarcerated at Harrison County Jail:

Harrison County Jail
200 West Houston Street
Marshall, TX 75670

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Harrison County Jail
200 West Houston Street
Marshall, TX 75670

The mail policy at the Harrison County Jail is always changing, so we suggest that you double check the official website when you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Harrison 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 Harrison 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check court records online or call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear 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 the date of their arrest, contact the Harrison County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a court docket and any of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal convictions from other states. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Harrison County Jail might change, so be sure to check the Harrison County Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Harrison 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 Harrison County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (903) 923-4003 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 inmateâ€™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 Harrison County Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, 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 commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Harrison County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are much more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, 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 rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: (903) 923-4003

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each 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 of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Harrison County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. 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 calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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