Duncanville Police Jail

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The Duncanville Police Jail is located at 203 East Wheatland Road in Duncanville, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Duncanville Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Duncanville Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give advice and information you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to others is much appreciated.

Duncanville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Duncanville Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals currently in custody, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get the same information on anybody arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information quicker if you have the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Duncanville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Duncanville Police Jail includes the following steps:

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

The first step is that you will have to answer some simple questions, like your full name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

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

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate has to figure out 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. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Duncanville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Duncanville Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will go in the log as an authorized visitor. All visitors will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Duncanville Police Jail can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 972-780-5034 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

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

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

No mobile phones at Duncanville Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get 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 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Duncanville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Duncanville 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 Duncanville 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 Duncanville 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 an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the court records on the Dallas County court website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file containing a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Dallas County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Duncanville Police Jail is likely to change, so be sure to double check the Duncanville Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Duncanville 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 Duncanville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 972-780-5034 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 Duncanville Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Duncanville Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are usually pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Duncanville Police Jail phone number is: 972-780-5034

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the 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 Duncanville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 decrease 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances 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 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 Duncanville Police Jail, click the link below.

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