Willacy County Jail

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The Willacy County Jail is located at 1371 Industrial Drive Drive in Raymondville, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Willacy County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Willacy County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Willacy 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 you all the information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and any tips or comments that could help others will be appreciated.

Willacy County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Willacy County Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can find information about anybody who has been arrested or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find their arrest information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Willacy County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Willacy County Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will answer a number of questions, such as your legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process may take between 30 minutes to all day. In other words the quicker you post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to determine the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be 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 be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Willacy County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give each visitor’s full name to the Willacy County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors is required 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 able to attend visitation.

The Willacy County Jail visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the official Willacy County Jail at (956) 689-5576 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Willacy County Jail you must first have your name on this person’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 at Willacy County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a 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 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 Willacy County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Willacy 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 Willacy 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 Willacy 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 find out by checking the court records on the Willacy County jail website or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you 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 look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file containing a docket and any filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Willacy County Jail jail inmates change frequently, so be sure to double check the Willacy County Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Willacy 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 Willacy County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (956) 689-5576 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 Willacy County Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need 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 inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Willacy County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about 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, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden.

Phone Number: (956) 689-5576

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Willacy County Jail. The rates 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 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 calling your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their inmate 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 Willacy County Jail, click the link below.

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