Nolan County Jail

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The Nolan County Jail is located at 100 East Third Street in Sweetwater, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Nolan County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Nolan County Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Nolan County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give info that you’ll need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Nolan County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Nolan County Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of people currently in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find information about anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their arrest information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Nolan County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Nolan County Jail takes you through these steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer some basic questions, such as what is your full name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to make a phone call to contact 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, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take from 15 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge must decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Nolan County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Nolan County Jail before you can visit. This information will go in the log for the requesting inmate. All visitors will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Nolan County Jail frequently change, so you should call the jail at (325) 235-5471 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Nolan County Jail you must be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Nolan County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Nolan County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Nolan 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 Nolan 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 Nolan 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 arrest warrants on the website or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Nolan County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records on the website, or at the Nolan County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a 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 get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Nolan County Jail change frequently, so it would be best to check the Nolan County Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Nolan 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 Nolan County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (325) 235-5471 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 Nolan County Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

The only phone calls that Nolan County Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are usually pricier than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or cut altogether.

The Nolan County Jail phone number is: (325) 235-5471

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all of the 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 Nolan 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 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 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 money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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