Polk County Jail

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The Polk County Jail is located at 1733 North Washington Avenue in Livingston, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Polk County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about anything you might need to know about the Polk County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Polk County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that would be beneficial to others will be much appreciated.

Polk County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Polk County Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. You can also get info about anybody processed or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information fast if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Polk County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Polk County Jail includes each of the following steps:

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

First, you have to answer some basic questions, such as your legal name, address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process takes between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, it depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate has to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Polk County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list each visitor’s full name to the Polk County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so call the facility at (936) 327-6822 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Polk County Jail you must first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Polk County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 related to the inmate, this 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 Polk County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Polk 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 Polk 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 Polk 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants online 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 inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be 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 jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that contains a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the Polk County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Polk County Jail inmates is likely to change, so you should double check the Polk County Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Polk 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 Polk County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (936) 327-6822 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 Polk County Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, 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 money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

All phone calls from the Polk County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are usually more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden.

The Polk County Jail phone number is: (936) 327-6822

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 get to set the prices. The profits 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 Polk County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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