Forkland Police Jail

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The Forkland Police Jail is located at 13327 United States Highway 43 in Forkland, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Forkland Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Forkland Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Forkland Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer info that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Forkland Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Forkland Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people who are in jail, including status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get info about anyone processed or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can get the information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Forkland Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Forkland Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you have to answer some basic questions, such as your legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process can take from 30 minutes to many hours. So, the quicker you post bail, the faster you can get released from jail. It also will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, plan to get released in the morning.

Forkland Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to provide information about each visitor to the Forkland Police Jail in advance. This information will be entered into the log for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor will be required to provide identification. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Forkland Police Jail are always changing, so make sure that you call the facility at 334-289-4063 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Forkland Police Jail you must have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Forkland Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 old and is not related to 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Forkland Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Forkland 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 Forkland 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 Forkland 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Greene County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that contains a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Greene County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These state databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug Possession, 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 inmates at the Forkland Police Jail might change, so we suggest that you review the Forkland Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Forkland 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 Forkland Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 334-289-4063 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 Forkland Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want 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 purchase 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 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

The only phone calls that Forkland Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much more costly 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 you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get cut back or totally denied.

Phone Number: 334-289-4063

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Forkland Police Jail. The rates 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 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 prisons or jails 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 jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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