Arlington Police Jail

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The Arlington Police Jail is located at 2001 New York Avenue in Arlington, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the City Of Arlington Police Department – East.

This guide will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Arlington Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and advice that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others is much appreciated.

Arlington Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Arlington Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals currently in custody, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to get the same information for anybody who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Arlington Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Arlington Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some questions, like your full legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a phone call in order to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged may take between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether you have a cash bond or if the magistrate must figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Arlington Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give each visitor’s full name to the Arlington Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

The Arlington Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so call the facility at 817-459-5803 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Arlington Police Jail you have to be on this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Arlington Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 under the age of 18 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 Arlington Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Arlington Police 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 Arlington Police 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 Arlington Police 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file containing a docket and all documents and filings filed in your case. You can access your court records on the website, or at the Tarrant County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

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

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Arlington Police Jail inmates are always changing, so you should double check the Arlington Police Jail website before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Arlington Police 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 Arlington Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 817-459-5803 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 Arlington Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Arlington Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 817-459-5803

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the 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 Arlington Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 learning how to decrease 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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