Port Aransas Police Jail

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The Port Aransas Police Jail is located at 705 West Avenue A in Port Aransas, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Port Aransas Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Port Aransas Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Port Aransas Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer advice and information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and also any tips or comments that would help others is welcome.

Port Aransas Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Port Aransas Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find info on anyone processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find the information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Port Aransas Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Port Aransas Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You have to answer a number of questions, such as your full name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process may take from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will be freed. It also might depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, you should plan to get discharged that morning.

Port Aransas Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to list information about each visitor to the Port Aransas Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will go into a Visiting log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at 361-749-6241 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Port Aransas Police Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take 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 mobile phones are allowed at Port Aransas Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 related to 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 Port Aransas Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Port Aransas 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 Port Aransas 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 Port Aransas 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 for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Nueces County jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a court docket and any documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access the court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Port Aransas Police Jail jail inmates might change, so it would be best to review the Port Aransas Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Port Aransas 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 Port Aransas Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 361-749-6241 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 Port Aransas Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Port Aransas Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are typically more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Port Aransas Police Jail phone number is: 361-749-6241

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Port Aransas Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out 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 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. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, 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 Port Aransas Police Jail, click the link below.

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