Palm Beach County Jail

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The Palm Beach County Jail is located at 3228 Gun Club Road in West Palm Beach, FL and is a medium security county jail operated by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you info about anything you might want to know about the Palm Beach County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, 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 a question, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Palm Beach County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Palm Beach County Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to find the same information about anybody arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their inmate information fast if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Palm Beach County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Palm Beach County Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full legal name, home address, birth date and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. This process can take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a judge must figure out how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, expect to get discharged that morning.

Palm Beach County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the Palm Beach County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be entered into a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the facility at (561) 688-4400 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

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

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

No cellphones are allowed at Palm Beach County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 a 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Palm Beach County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the court records on the Palm Beach County jail website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Palm Beach County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Palm Beach County Jail inmates change frequently, so it would be best to review the Palm Beach County Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (561) 688-4400 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 Palm Beach County Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products such as 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 Palm Beach County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are much pricier 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 you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (561) 688-4400

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly 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 Palm Beach 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 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 learning 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 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 will not 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 phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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