Gilmer Police Jail

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The Gilmer Police Jail is located at 103 Municipal Drive in Gilmer, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the East Mountain Police Department.

This page will tell you info about anything one might want to know about the Gilmer Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Gilmer Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer advice and information you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that could help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Gilmer Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Gilmer Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get information about anyone booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You can get their inmate information quicker if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Gilmer Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Gilmer Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you will answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to use the phone in order to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take between 30 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to decide on the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the release date, plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Gilmer Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s full name to the Gilmer Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will go into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so you should call the jail at 903-297-0911 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Gilmer Police Jail you have to be added to this person’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 without it.

No phones at Gilmer Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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, 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Gilmer Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Gilmer 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 Gilmer 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 Gilmer 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 an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry online or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Upshur County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a court docket and any documents filed in your case. You can access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Gilmer Police Jail is likely to change, so double check the Gilmer Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Gilmer 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 Gilmer Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 903-297-0911 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 Gilmer Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from 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 purchase if they have enough money in their account. These items 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 Gilmer Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are much 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 should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 903-297-0911

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 get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make 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 Gilmer 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 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 lower 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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