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Nueces County Jail Information

Address

Nueces County Jail
901 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401

Phone Number

Phone: (361) 887-2300

The Nueces County Jail is located at 901 Leopard Street in Corpus Christi, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Nueces County Sheriff’s Department.

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

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and tips that you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that could be a benefit to others is welcome.

Nueces County Jail Inmate Search

Do you know someone that is locked up and want to find them? Do you know a family member or friend who’s been arrested and you need to locate them?

To find out who is in jail at the Nueces County Jail you need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Nueces County Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of people who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. You can also find information about anybody booked or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find the information fast if you have the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Nueces County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Nueces County Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will answer some questions, such as what is your full name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to make a phone call to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process may take anywhere from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, it depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge must figure out the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, you should expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Nueces County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide each visitor’s full name to the Nueces County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be put in a log of visitors for the inmate. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the facility at (361) 887-2300 before you go to visitation.

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

Before you can visit someone at the Nueces County Jail you must first have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Nueces County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Nueces County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Nueces 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 an inmate at Nueces County Jail:

Nueces County Jail
901 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Nueces County Jail
901 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401

The Nueces County Jail inmate mail policy changes, so you should review the site when send a letter to someone in jail there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Nueces 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 Nueces 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 can check the arrest warrants on the Nueces County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Nueces County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file containing a court docket and all of the documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to the Nueces County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to 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, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Nueces County Jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you double check the Nueces County Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Nueces 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 Nueces County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (361) 887-2300 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 Nueces County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products 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 Nueces 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 typically more expensive 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 a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: (361) 887-2300

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Nueces County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 inmate phone calls. 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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