Burkburnett Police Jail

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The Burkburnett Police Jail is located at 208 East 4Th Street in Burkburnett, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Burkburnett Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything one might want to know about the Burkburnett Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Wichita County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information that you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that could help other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Burkburnett Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Burkburnett Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get info about anybody arrested and booked or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Burkburnett Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Burkburnett Police Jail includes these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process will take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will be released. It also can depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge still needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a release date, you should plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Burkburnett Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Burkburnett Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be entered into the visitors log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Burkburnett Police Jail can change, so you should call the official Burkburnett Police Jail at 940-569-2231 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Burkburnett Police Jail you have to have your name on this person’s visitation list.

Be 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.

No cellphones are allowed at Burkburnett Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 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 Burkburnett Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Burkburnett 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 Burkburnett 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 Burkburnett 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records online 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. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that includes a docket and any documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Burkburnett Police Jail can change at any time, so be sure to review the Burkburnett Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Burkburnett 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 Burkburnett Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 940-569-2231 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 Burkburnett Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, 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 sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products such as 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 Burkburnett Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are typically pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls might get reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 940-569-2231

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 they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Burkburnett 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 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. 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 jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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