Port Arthur Police Jail

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The Port Arthur Police Jail is located at 645 4Th Street in Port Arthur, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Port Arthur Police Department.

This page tells you info about everything you might need to know about the Port Arthur Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Port Arthur Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and tips that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that could help others would be appreciated.

Port Arthur Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Port Arthur Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who are in jail, including custody status, and visiting schedule. You can also get the same information about anyone booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Port Arthur Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Port Arthur Police Jail includes each of these steps:

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

First you have to answer a number of questions, like your legal name, street address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. 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 telephone call in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get let go. It also can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge needs to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to be discharged in the morning.

Port Arthur Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s full name to the Port Arthur Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will go in the log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor has to provide proof of identification. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Port Arthur Police Jail change often, so call the official Port Arthur Police Jail at 409-983-8600 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Port Arthur Police Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

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

If the 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Port Arthur Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Port Arthur 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 Arthur 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 Arthur 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 arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Jefferson County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access the court records on the internet, or at the Jefferson County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates are always changing, so we suggest that you visit the Port Arthur Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Port Arthur 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 Arthur Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 409-983-8600 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 Arthur Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. 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 inmates can purchase if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Port Arthur Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are typically more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about 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 are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 409-983-8600

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Port Arthur Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 will not 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 jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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