Hanceville Police Jail

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The Hanceville Police Jail is located at 203 Bangor Avenue Southeast in Hanceville, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hanceville Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything related to the Hanceville Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Hanceville Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and tips you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Hanceville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hanceville Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to get the same information on anybody processed or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information faster if you have the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Hanceville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Hanceville Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

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

You will get to make a telephone call in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get let go. Also, it depends on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to figure out your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, you should plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Hanceville Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Hanceville Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will go into the visitation log as an authorized visitor. All visitors is required to provide identification. Anyone showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Hanceville Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so we suggest that you call the facility at 256-352-9811 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Hanceville Police Jail you must first be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Hanceville Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of 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 Hanceville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hanceville 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 Hanceville 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 Hanceville 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 for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the Cullman County jail website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Cullman County jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will 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 including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you double check the Hanceville Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hanceville 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 Hanceville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 256-352-9811 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 Hanceville Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy 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

The only phone calls that Hanceville Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on 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 could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Hanceville Police Jail phone number is: 256-352-9811

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make 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 Hanceville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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