Grand Prairie Police Jail

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The Grand Prairie Police Jail is located at 801 Conover Drive in Grand Prairie, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Grand Prairie Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything one might want to know about the Grand Prairie Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Grand Prairie Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information and advice that you’ll need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and also any tips or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Grand Prairie Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Grand Prairie Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find information on anybody arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to find the information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Grand Prairie Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Grand Prairie Police Jail includes each of these steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some basic questions, like your legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you use the phone to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. This process can take from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge must decide on the bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, plan to get discharged in the morning.

Grand Prairie Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Grand Prairie Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into the visitors log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Grand Prairie Police Jail are always changing, so call the official Grand Prairie Police Jail at 972-237-8710 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Grand Prairie Police Jail you must first be on their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Grand Prairie Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor 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 Grand Prairie Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Grand Prairie 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 Grand Prairie 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 Grand Prairie 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 for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry online or call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Dallas County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Grand Prairie Police Jail jail inmates could change, so be sure to visit the Grand Prairie Police Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Grand Prairie 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 Grand Prairie Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 972-237-8710 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 Grand Prairie Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items 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 Grand Prairie Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about 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 you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Grand Prairie Police Jail phone number is: 972-237-8710

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Grand Prairie Police Jail. The rates 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 figuring out 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 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 these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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