Cross Plains Police Jail

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The Cross Plains Police Jail is located at 201 South Main Street in Cross Plains, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Cross Plains Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Cross Plains Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Cross Plains Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and tips you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Cross Plains Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Cross Plains Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of people who have been arrested, including custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get info for anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get the information fast if you enter the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Cross Plains Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Cross Plains Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

You must answer some basic questions, like your full legal name, street address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you make a telephone call so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. This process takes between 15 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate must determine how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, you should expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Cross Plains Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must list each visitor’s full name to the Cross Plains Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor has to provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures can change, so call the jail at 254-725-6661 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Cross Plains Police Jail you must first be added to their approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Cross Plains Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not normally 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 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 Cross Plains Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Cross Plains 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 Cross Plains 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 Cross Plains 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, you can access court records on the Callahan County jail website or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that there is an outstanding 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 jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These state databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Cross Plains Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so it would be best to double check the Cross Plains Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Cross Plains 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 Cross Plains Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 254-725-6661 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 Cross Plains Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, such as 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 get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products including 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 Cross Plains Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 254-725-6661

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all 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 Cross Plains Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county 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 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 any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, 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 Cross Plains Police Jail, click the link below.

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