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Zapata County Jail Information

Address

Zapata County Jail
2311 Stop 23A
Zapata, TX 78076

Phone Number

Phone: (956) 765-9960

The Zapata County Jail is located at 2311 Stop 23A in Zapata, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Zapata County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Zapata County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Zapata County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information you need to make going to jail easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to others is much appreciated.

Zapata County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member, loved one, or friend that is incarcerated and don’t know how to find out where they are? Do you know a friend or family member that has been arrested and you need to find out what jail they’re in?

To see who’s in jail at the Zapata County Jail you need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Zapata County Jail Inmate Roster has information about people who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to find information for anybody booked or released in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find their inmate information fast if you have their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Zapata County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Zapata County Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will have to answer a bunch of questions, like what is your legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take from 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge has to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the date of your release, expect to be discharged that morning.

Zapata County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give information about each visitor to the Zapata County Jail in advance. This information will go into the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Zapata County Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the official Zapata County Jail at (956) 765-9960 before you visit an inmate.

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

In order to visit someone at the Zapata County Jail you have to first be on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Zapata County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 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 Zapata County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Zapata 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 Zapata County Jail, use this address:

Zapata County Jail
2311 Stop 23A
Zapata, TX 78076

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Zapata County Jail
2311 Stop 23A
Zapata, TX 78076

The mail policy at the Zapata County Jail changes, so check the official website when you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Zapata 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 Zapata 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check court records on the Zapata County jail website or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Zapata County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the Zapata County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You can go to the Zapata County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail at the Zapata County Jail could change, so it would be best to double check the Zapata County Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Zapata 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 Zapata County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (956) 765-9960 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 Zapata County Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products 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 Zapata County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden.

The Zapata County Jail phone number is: (956) 765-9960

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all of the 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 Zapata County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 significantly on calling your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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