Lineville Police Jail

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The Lineville Police Jail is located at 60169 State Highway 49 in Lineville, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lineville Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Lineville Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Lineville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give advice and information that you’ll need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to others will be welcome.

Lineville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lineville Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals who have been arrested, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find the same information on anybody booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can find the information fast if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Lineville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Lineville Police Jail takes you through these steps:

They’ll put you 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 have to answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to use the phone so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to 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 leave jail. Getting discharged from jail may take from 30 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will be freed. Also, it might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge must figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Lineville Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give information about each visitor to the Lineville Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in a log of visitors for the inmate. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Lineville Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the official Lineville Police Jail at 256-396-2633 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Lineville Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Lineville Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation 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 a 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Lineville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lineville 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 Lineville 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 Lineville 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 check arrest warrants inquiry on the Clay County court website or call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Clay County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Lineville Police Jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you visit the Lineville Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lineville 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 Lineville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 256-396-2633 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 Lineville Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Lineville Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about 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 there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden.

Phone Number: 256-396-2633

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Lineville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different 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 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison 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 Lineville Police Jail, click the link below.

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