Guntersville Police Jail

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The Guntersville Police Jail is located at 340 Blount Avenue in Guntersville, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Guntersville Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the Guntersville Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Guntersville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Marshall County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer info that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that could help others will be much appreciated.

Guntersville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Guntersville Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who are in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to get info about anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to find the information more quickly if you enter their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Guntersville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Guntersville 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.

First, you will have to answer some questions, like your legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to make a telephone call so you can contact a member of your family, friend, 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 wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process can take from 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if a judge must figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, you should expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Guntersville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Guntersville Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be entered in the visitors log as an authorized visitor. All visitors has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

The Guntersville Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the official Guntersville Police Jail at 256-571-7571 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Guntersville Police Jail you have to first 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 are allowed at Guntersville Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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, the minor 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 Guntersville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Guntersville 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 Guntersville 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 Guntersville 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 on the website or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Guntersville Police Jail jail inmates change frequently, so you should review the Guntersville Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Guntersville 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 Guntersville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 256-571-7571 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 Guntersville Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Guntersville Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. 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 inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get reduced or forbidden completely.

The Guntersville Police Jail phone number is: 256-571-7571

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 they control the prices. The profits off of 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 Guntersville 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 figuring 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. 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 inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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