Galveston Police Jail

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The Galveston Police Jail is located at 103 North Sycamore Street in Galveston, IN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Galveston Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Galveston Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Galveston Police Jail
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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a question, just ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that could help other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Galveston Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Galveston Police Jail Inmate Search has information about people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find info for anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate the information faster if you enter the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Galveston Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Galveston Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your legal name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged may take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. 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 know the discharge date, expect to be discharged in the morning.

Galveston Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Galveston Police Jail in advance. This information will be put in a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. Each visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so call the jail at 574-699-7453 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Galveston Police Jail you must be added to the inmate’s 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 cellphones are allowed at Galveston Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not normally 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Galveston Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Galveston 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 Galveston 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 Galveston 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Cass County jail website or 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 be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court office 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 can track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

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

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Galveston Police Jail inmates could change, so be sure to visit the Galveston Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Galveston 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 Galveston Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 574-699-7453 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 Galveston Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember 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 items 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 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 Galveston Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, 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 break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 574-699-7453

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all of the 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 Galveston 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 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 learning 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on inmate phone calls. 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 cases like this, the jail 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 Galveston Police Jail, click the link below.

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