Newton County Jail

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The Newton County Jail is located at 110 Court Street in Newton, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Newton County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Newton County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Newton County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give info that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and any comments or tips that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Newton County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Newton County Jail Inmate List is a roster of people who have been arrested, which includes current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get info for anybody processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you’ve got their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Newton County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Newton County Jail includes each of the following steps:

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

First you will answer some questions, such as your legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes anywhere between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, it depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge must determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Newton County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Newton County Jail in advance of the visit. This information will go in the log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Newton County Jail visitation procedures change often, so call the facility at (409) 379-8555 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Newton County Jail you must be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Newton County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Newton County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Newton 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 Newton 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 Newton 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check the court records on the Newton County jail website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should know 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 name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Newton County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to the Newton County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail is likely to change, so we suggest that you visit the Newton County Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Newton 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 Newton County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (409) 379-8555 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 Newton County Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Newton County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are much more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (409) 379-8555

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Newton County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 is 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 a lot of money 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 money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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