East Tawakoni Police Jail

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The East Tawakoni Police Jail is located at 288 Briggs Boulevard in East Tawakoni, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the East Tawakoni Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the East Tawakoni Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give advice and information that you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

East Tawakoni Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The East Tawakoni Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find information on anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate their arrest information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

East Tawakoni Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the East Tawakoni Police Jail includes 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 basic questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number 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 call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. This process will take from 15 minutes to all day long. So, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get released. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the judge must decide on the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the date of your release, expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

East Tawakoni Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list information about each visitor to the East Tawakoni Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be put into a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so you should call the facility at 903-447-2444 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the East Tawakoni Police Jail you have to have your name on this person’s approved 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 mobile phones at East Tawakoni Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the East Tawakoni Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the East Tawakoni 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 East Tawakoni 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 East Tawakoni 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Rains County court website or you can call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file containing a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the East Tawakoni Police Jail could change, so we suggest that you visit the East Tawakoni Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at East Tawakoni 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 East Tawakoni Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 903-447-2444 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 East Tawakoni Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, 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 sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products like 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 East Tawakoni Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The East Tawakoni Police Jail phone number is: 903-447-2444

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 East Tawakoni 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 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 learning how to lower 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 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 these cases, 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 East Tawakoni Police Jail, click the link below.

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