Rancho Viejo Police Jail

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The Rancho Viejo Police Jail is located at 3301 Carmen Avenue in Rancho Viejo, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Rancho Viejo Police Department.

This site will tell you info about everything a person needs to know about the Rancho Viejo Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Rancho Viejo Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information and tips that you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that might help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Rancho Viejo Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Rancho Viejo Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and schedule for visitation. You can also get the same information for anybody arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get the information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Rancho Viejo Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Rancho Viejo Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full name, home address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you make a telephone call to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process can take anywhere between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged will depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Rancho Viejo Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Rancho Viejo Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into the visitation log as an approved visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

The Rancho Viejo Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the facility at 956-350-4093 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Rancho Viejo Police Jail you must have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Rancho Viejo Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Rancho Viejo Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Rancho Viejo 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 Rancho Viejo 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 Rancho Viejo 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry online or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Cameron County jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file that contains a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Rancho Viejo Police Jail inmates are always changing, so you should review the Rancho Viejo Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Rancho Viejo 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 Rancho Viejo Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 956-350-4093 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 Rancho Viejo Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

All phone calls from the Rancho Viejo Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on 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 a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Rancho Viejo Police Jail phone number is: 956-350-4093

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies 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 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 Rancho Viejo 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 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 will not 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 jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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