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Palo Pinto County Jail Information

Address

Palo Pinto County Jail
402 Cedar Street
Palo Pinto, TX 76484

Phone Number

Phone: (940) 659-1293

The Palo Pinto County Jail is located at 402 Cedar Street in Palo Pinto, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Palo Pinto County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you info about anything you might want to know about the Palo Pinto County Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Palo Pinto County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, much more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make the process easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to others is appreciated.

Palo Pinto County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend that is in jail and don’t know how to contact them? Do you know somebody that has been arrested and you need to find out where they are?

To look up who’s in jail at the Palo Pinto County Jail you should use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Palo Pinto County Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get information about anyone booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information faster if you’ve got their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Palo Pinto County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Palo Pinto County Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

The first step is that you will answer a number of questions, such as your full name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

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

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get released. Also, it depends on whether or not you have a cash bond or if a judge still needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, you should plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Palo Pinto County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must list information about each visitor to the Palo Pinto County Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be put into the log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so you should call the official Palo Pinto County Jail at (940) 659-1293 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 Palo Pinto County Jail you must first be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Make 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.

No cellphones at Palo Pinto County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Palo Pinto County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Palo Pinto 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

If you would like to send a letter to an inmate at Palo Pinto County Jail, use this address:

Palo Pinto County Jail
402 Cedar Street
Palo Pinto, TX 76484

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Palo Pinto County Jail
402 Cedar Street
Palo Pinto, TX 76484

The mail policy at the Palo Pinto County Jail changes often, so it would be best to check the official website before 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 Palo Pinto 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 Palo Pinto 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the website or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a court docket and any documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Palo Pinto County Jail inmates might change, so it would be best to visit the Palo Pinto County Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Palo Pinto 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 Palo Pinto County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (940) 659-1293 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 Palo Pinto County Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep 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 an assortment 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 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

All phone calls from the Palo Pinto County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or totally denied.

The Palo Pinto County Jail phone number is: (940) 659-1293

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Palo Pinto 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 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 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, 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 will be able to save you money.

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

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