Fernandina Beach Police Jail

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The Fernandina Beach Police Jail is located at 1525 Lime Street in Fernandina Beach, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Fernandina Beach Police Department.

This site tells you info about everything one might want to know about the Fernandina Beach Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Fernandina Beach Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give advice and information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that could help others is appreciated.

Fernandina Beach Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fernandina Beach Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of people currently in custody, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get info for anybody arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Fernandina Beach Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Fernandina Beach Police Jail includes the following steps:

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

First you must answer a number of questions, like what is 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 given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you use the telephone in order to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged will take from 30 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. It also can depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to determine the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Fernandina Beach Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s name to the Fernandina Beach Police Jail before you can visit. This information will go into a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. All visitors will have to provide proof of identification. Any visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so call the official Fernandina Beach Police Jail at 904-277-7342 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Fernandina Beach Police Jail you must be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Fernandina Beach Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 Fernandina Beach Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fernandina Beach 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 Fernandina Beach 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 Fernandina Beach 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 think you might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file that includes a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Fernandina Beach Police Jail is likely to change, so check the Fernandina Beach Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fernandina Beach 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 Fernandina Beach Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 904-277-7342 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 Fernandina Beach Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have money in their account. These products 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 Fernandina Beach Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 904-277-7342

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 money these phone service providers make from all 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 Fernandina Beach Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different 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 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. There are some circumstances where 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 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 Fernandina Beach Police Jail, click the link below.

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