Eagle Lake Police Jail

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The Eagle Lake Police Jail is located at 200 East Post Office Street in Eagle Lake, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Eagle Lake Police Department.

This site will tell you info about everything related to the Eagle Lake Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give info that you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and any comments or tips that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Eagle Lake Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Eagle Lake Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of people who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can also get info for anyone booked or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to get the information quicker if you have their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Eagle Lake Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Eagle Lake Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, birthdate and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail takes from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get let go. Also, it might depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if a judge still needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, expect to be released in the morning.

Eagle Lake Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s full name to the Eagle Lake Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be put into a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. All visitors will be required to provide identification. Visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Eagle Lake Police Jail change often, so it would be wise to call the official Eagle Lake Police Jail at 979-234-2727 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Eagle Lake Police Jail you have to first have your name on their approved visitation list.

Make sure to take 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 cellphones are allowed at Eagle Lake Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Eagle Lake Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Eagle Lake 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 Eagle Lake 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 Eagle Lake 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the court records online or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, 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 look online. An arrest is public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that includes a docket and any of the documents filed in your case. You can access court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail could change, so it would be best to visit the Eagle Lake Police Jail website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Eagle Lake 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 Eagle Lake Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 979-234-2727 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 Eagle Lake Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products 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

All phone calls from the Eagle Lake Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are typically 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 a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Eagle Lake Police Jail phone number is: 979-234-2727

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Eagle Lake Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 figuring 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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