Blue Mound Police Jail

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The Blue Mound Police Jail is located at 301 Blue Mound Road in Blue Mound, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Blue Mound Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about everything one might want to know about the Blue Mound Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Blue Mound Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the info that you’ll need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that would be beneficial to others would be much appreciated.

Blue Mound Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Blue Mound Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get information about anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can get their inmate information quicker if you enter their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Blue Mound Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Blue Mound Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

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

First, you must answer some simple questions, like your legal name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to make a phone call to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you have a cash bond or if a magistrate must figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a release date, you should plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Blue Mound Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give information about each visitor to the Blue Mound Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will go in the log for the requesting inmate. All visitors will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Blue Mound Police Jail are always changing, so it would be wise to call the facility at 817-232-0661 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Blue Mound Police Jail you have to first have your name on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Blue Mound Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 magazines to an inmate at the Blue Mound Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Blue Mound 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 Blue Mound 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 Blue Mound 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 might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Tarrant County court website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, 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 Tarrant County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the Tarrant County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to the Tarrant County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Blue Mound Police Jail inmates could change, so you should double check the Blue Mound Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Blue Mound 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 Blue Mound Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 817-232-0661 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 Blue Mound Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like 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 get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 Blue Mound Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are much more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Blue Mound Police Jail phone number is: 817-232-0661

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all of the 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 Blue Mound Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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