Holmes Beach Police Jail

---

The Holmes Beach Police Jail is located at 5801 Marina Drive in Holmes Beach, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Holmes Beach Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the Holmes Beach Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Holmes Beach Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much, much more.

Top 10 Searches for Holmes Beach Police Jail

1. Holmes Beach Police Jail Information
2. Holmes Beach Police Jail Inmate Search
3. Manatee County Inmate Search in Holmes Beach, FL
4. What Are the Visitation Rules for Holmes Beach Police Jail
5. What Are the Visitation Hours for Holmes Beach Police Jail
6. How To Save Money on Inmate Calls at Holmes Beach Police Jail
7. How to Send Inmate Care Packages to Holmes Beach Police Jail
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Holmes Beach Police Jail
10. How to Search Manatee County Arrest Records

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Holmes Beach Police Jail Inmate Search

---

Who’s In Jail

The Holmes Beach Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals currently in custody, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find the same information on anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to find their inmate information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Holmes Beach Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Holmes Beach Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

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

First you must answer some questions, such as your full legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you use the phone to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process will take between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you have a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to get released in the morning.

Holmes Beach Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s name to the Holmes Beach Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into the log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor is required to provide identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Holmes Beach Police Jail can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 941-708-5804 before you try to visit an inmate.

---

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Holmes Beach Police Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Holmes Beach Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not approved.

If the 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Holmes Beach Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Holmes Beach 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.

---

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Holmes Beach 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 Holmes Beach 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 are able to check the court records on the Manatee County jail website or you can call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file containing a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to the Manatee County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Holmes Beach Police Jail is likely to change, so be sure to review the Holmes Beach Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Holmes Beach 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 Holmes Beach Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 941-708-5804 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 Holmes Beach Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from 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 inmates can buy if they have enough 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

All phone calls from the Holmes Beach Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden.

Phone Number: 941-708-5804

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of 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 Holmes Beach Police Jail. The rates 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails 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 phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

Return To Main Menu

4104