Gulf Shores Police Jail

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The Gulf Shores Police Jail is located at 220 Clubhouse Drive in Gulf Shores, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Gulf Shores Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything related to the Gulf Shores Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Gulf Shores Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask them, and also any tips or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Gulf Shores Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Gulf Shores Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and visiting schedule. You can get info about anyone arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get the information more quickly if you’ve got their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Gulf Shores Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Gulf Shores Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you will answer some questions, such as what is your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

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

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on your bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Gulf Shores Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must give information about each visitor to the Gulf Shores Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put in the visitors log for the inmate. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Gulf Shores Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the facility at 251-968-2431 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Gulf Shores Police Jail you have to be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Gulf Shores Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not related to the inmate, the minor 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Gulf Shores Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Gulf Shores 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 Gulf Shores 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 Gulf Shores 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the court records online or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail are always changing, so be sure to visit the Gulf Shores Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Gulf Shores 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 Gulf Shores Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 251-968-2431 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 Gulf Shores Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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

The only phone calls that Gulf Shores Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are typically more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, 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 are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden.

Phone Number: 251-968-2431

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all inmate phone calls 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 Gulf Shores Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone 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 Gulf Shores Police Jail, click the link below.

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