Palm Beach Shores Police Jail

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The Palm Beach Shores Police Jail is located at 247 Edwards Lane in Palm Beach Shores, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Palm Beach Shores Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Palm Beach Shores Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and tips that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and also any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Palm Beach Shores Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Palm Beach Shores Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and visiting hours. You can get the same information about anybody processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to get the information quicker if you have the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Palm Beach Shores Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Palm Beach Shores Police Jail includes these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will have to answer a number of questions, such as your legal name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will be allowed to use the phone to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, if not you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. This process can take anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. So, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will be released. Also, it might depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate has to determine the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, you should plan to get discharged that morning.

Palm Beach Shores Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to list information about each visitor to the Palm Beach Shores Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be put in a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Palm Beach Shores Police Jail are always changing, so we suggest that you call the facility at 561-844-3456 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Palm Beach Shores Police Jail you must first be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Palm Beach Shores Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Palm Beach Shores Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Palm Beach Shores 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 Palm Beach Shores 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 Palm Beach Shores 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can access court records on the Palm Beach County jail website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there 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. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at the Palm Beach County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, 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 procedure to send money to someone in jail is likely to change, so you should check the Palm Beach Shores Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Palm Beach Shores 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 Palm Beach Shores Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 561-844-3456 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 Palm Beach Shores Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, like 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 a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Palm Beach Shores Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 561-844-3456

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers 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 off of all of the 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 Palm Beach Shores Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s 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. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility 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 Palm Beach Shores Police Jail, click the link below.

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