Tuscumbia Police Jail

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The Tuscumbia Police Jail is located at 218 South Dickson Street in Tuscumbia, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Tuscumbia Police Department.

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

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info that you’ll need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and any comments or feedback that might help other people in the same situation is welcome.

Tuscumbia Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Tuscumbia Police Jail Inmate Search has information about people currently in custody, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to find information on anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their arrest information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Tuscumbia Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Tuscumbia Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some basic questions, like your legal name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Tuscumbia Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Tuscumbia Police Jail in advance. This information will be entered into the visitors log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor has to provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures can change, so you should call the facility at 256-383-3121 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Tuscumbia Police Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Tuscumbia Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 Tuscumbia Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Tuscumbia 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 Tuscumbia 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 Tuscumbia 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, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Colbert County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are public record and this is freely available.

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 court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records 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 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 Tuscumbia Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so you should review the Tuscumbia Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Tuscumbia 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 Tuscumbia Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 256-383-3121 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 Tuscumbia Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from 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 the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Tuscumbia Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 256-383-3121

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Tuscumbia 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 things 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 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails 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 these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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