Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility

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The Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility is located at 350 West Belknap in Fort Worth, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about everything related to the Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and any tips or comments that could help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility Inmate Roster has information about people who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. You can find the same information on anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility is made up of each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you must answer a number of questions, such as your legal name, your address, birthdate and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to make a phone call so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get released. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the judge needs to decide on the bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, you should expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put in the visitors log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor has to provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility are always changing, so make sure that you call the official Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility at (817) 884-3116 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility you have to be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons under 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 a 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 magazines to an inmate at the Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility 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 Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility. 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 Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility 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 can access court records online or call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know 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 name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that contains a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Tarrant County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail change frequently, so it would be best to visit the Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility

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 Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (817) 884-3116 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 Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when and 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 disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: (817) 884-3116

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Tarrant County Jail – Belknap Facility. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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