Collinsville Police Jail

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The Collinsville Police Jail is located at 39 Post Office Street in Collinsville, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Collinsville Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about everything you might want to know about the Collinsville Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Dekalb 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’ll need to make going to jail easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that would help other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Collinsville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Collinsville Police Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info on anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information fast if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Collinsville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Collinsville Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

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

First, you will answer a number of questions, such as your legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call so you can call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process takes from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get released. It also will depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the judge needs to decide on your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a release date, you should expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Collinsville Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give information about each visitor to the Collinsville Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Collinsville Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so it would be wise to call the official Collinsville Police Jail at 256-524-2136 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Collinsville Police Jail you have to first have your name on their approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring 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 cellphones are allowed at Collinsville Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 younger than 18 years old 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 Collinsville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Collinsville 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 Collinsville 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 Collinsville 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 think you have an outstanding warrant, you can check the court records online or you are able to 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. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Dekalb County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file containing a docket and any of the documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at the Dekalb County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Collinsville Police Jail is likely to change, so you should check the Collinsville Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Collinsville 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 Collinsville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 256-524-2136 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 Collinsville Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember 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 an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These items 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

The only phone calls that Collinsville Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls may be limited or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 256-524-2136

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Collinsville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 lower your inmates phone charges is 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 cases like this, the jail 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 Collinsville Police Jail, click the link below.

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