Breckenridge Police Jail

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The Breckenridge Police Jail is located at 120 West Elm Street in Breckenridge, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Breckenridge Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Breckenridge Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Breckenridge Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Stephens County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer advice and information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and any tips or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Breckenridge Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Breckenridge Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people who have been arrested, including current status, and visiting hours. You can also get info on anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Breckenridge Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Breckenridge Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

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

You have to answer some simple questions, such as your legal name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to use the phone so you can call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process will take between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will be released. It also will depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the magistrate needs to figure out the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will 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 be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Breckenridge Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must give information about each visitor to the Breckenridge Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be put in the visitation log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor must provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Breckenridge Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the official Breckenridge Police Jail at 254-559-2211 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Breckenridge Police Jail you have to be added to this person’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.

No phones are allowed at Breckenridge Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they must 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 magazines to an inmate at the Breckenridge Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Breckenridge 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 Breckenridge 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 Breckenridge 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Stephens County jail website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if 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 get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Breckenridge Police Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so visit the Breckenridge Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Breckenridge 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 Breckenridge Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 254-559-2211 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 Breckenridge Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear 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 items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Breckenridge Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, 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 jail rules, phone privileges may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 254-559-2211

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Breckenridge 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 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 finding out 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t 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 has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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