New Site Police Jail

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The New Site Police Jail is located at 12791 State Highway 22 East in New Site, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the New Site Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything you might need to know about the New Site Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Tallapoosa County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

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

New Site Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The New Site Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about people who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find info about anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get their inmate information fast if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

New Site Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the New Site Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you use the telephone to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. It also will depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate has to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a release date, you should plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

New Site Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the New Site Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be entered into the visitation log for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at 256-234-2049 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the New Site Police Jail you must have your name on this person’s visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at New Site Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the New Site Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the New Site 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 New Site 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 New Site 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 access arrest warrants inquiry online or call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Tallapoosa County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a court docket and all of the documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to the Tallapoosa County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes, 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 funds to someone in jail at the New Site Police Jail is likely to change, so review the New Site Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at New Site 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 New Site Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 256-234-2049 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 New Site Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want 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 buy if they have money in their commissary account. These items 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 New Site Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

The New Site Police Jail phone number is: 256-234-2049

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 New Site Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, 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 New Site Police Jail, click the link below.

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