Hidalgo County Detention Center

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The Hidalgo County Detention Center is located at 701 El Cibolo Road in Edinburg, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Hidalgo County Detention Center, like how to find an inmate at the Hidalgo County Detention Center, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Hidalgo County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and advice you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and also any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others is welcome.

Hidalgo County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hidalgo County Detention Center Inmate Roster has information about people who are in jail, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get the same information about anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You can get the information fast if you have the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Hidalgo County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Hidalgo County Detention Center includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you will answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you use the telephone so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you have a bond amount or if the judge still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Hidalgo County Detention Center Visitation

Inmates need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Hidalgo County Detention Center in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor must provide proof of identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the official Hidalgo County Detention Center at (956) 381-7900 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Hidalgo County Detention Center you must have your name on this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to take 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 Hidalgo County Detention Center, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a 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 under the age of 18 and is not a family member of 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Hidalgo County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hidalgo County Detention Center 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 Hidalgo County Detention Center. 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 Hidalgo County Detention Center 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, you can check court records on the Hidalgo County court website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Hidalgo County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail at the Hidalgo County Detention Center could change, so you should check the Hidalgo County Detention Center website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hidalgo County Detention Center

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 Hidalgo County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (956) 381-7900 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 Hidalgo County Detention Center store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their trust 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Hidalgo County Detention Center are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier 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, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Hidalgo County Detention Center phone number is: (956) 381-7900

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all of the 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 Hidalgo County Detention Center. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 jail 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 Hidalgo County Detention Center, click the link below.

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