Albertville Police Jail

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The Albertville Police Jail is located at 201 South Broad Street in Albertville, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Albertville Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Albertville Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Albertville Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you advice and information you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that would help others is welcome.

Albertville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Albertville Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find the same information for anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Albertville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed 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 answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call in order to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process will take from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. Also, it will depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Albertville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s full name to the Albertville Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will go into a log of visitors as an approved visitor. Every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Anyone arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Albertville Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 256-891-8221 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Albertville Police Jail you must first be on their approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Albertville Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If the 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 a 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Albertville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Albertville 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 Albertville 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 Albertville 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 might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at the Marshall County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Albertville Police Jail inmates might change, so we suggest that you review the Albertville Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Albertville 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 Albertville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 256-891-8221 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 Albertville Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, 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, as well as 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 Albertville Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are typically 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 a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden.

Phone Number: 256-891-8221

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Albertville 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 factors 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 learning how to lower 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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