Fruitland Park Police Jail

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The Fruitland Park Police Jail is located at 506 West Berckman Street in Fruitland Park, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Fruitland Park Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Fruitland Park Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Fruitland Park Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Lake County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and any comments or tips that could help others is appreciated.

Fruitland Park Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fruitland Park Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find info for anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Fruitland Park Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Fruitland Park Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

First you have to answer some questions, like what is your legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical 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.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether you have a cash bond or if the magistrate must determine the bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the date of your release, expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Fruitland Park Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must give each visitor’s name to the Fruitland Park Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered into a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

The Fruitland Park Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so it would be wise to call the jail at 352-360-6655 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Fruitland Park Police Jail you have to be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Fruitland Park Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be 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 younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, this 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 magazines to an inmate at the Fruitland Park Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fruitland Park 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 Fruitland Park 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 Fruitland Park 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 for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants online or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is a 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 Lake County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access court records on the website, or at the Lake County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug crimes, 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 someone in jail are always changing, so double check the Fruitland Park Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fruitland Park 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 Fruitland Park Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 352-360-6655 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 Fruitland Park Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates 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 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

All phone calls from the Fruitland Park Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to 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 every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 352-360-6655

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make 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 Fruitland Park Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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