Astatula Police Jail

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The Astatula Police Jail is located at 25019 County Road 561 in Astatula, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Astatula Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Astatula Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Astatula Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to others is welcome.

Astatula Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Astatula Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can get info about anyone arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to find their inmate information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Astatula Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Astatula Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

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

The first step is that you will have to answer some simple questions, such as what is your full legal name, street address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge has to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Astatula Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Astatula Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors will be required to provide proof of identification. Visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Astatula Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the official Astatula Police Jail at 352-742-2422 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Astatula Police Jail you have to first have your name on their approved visitation list.

Be sure to take 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 at Astatula Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Astatula Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Astatula 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 Astatula 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 Astatula 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 Lake County jail website or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket and any documents filed in the case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

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

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Astatula Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so it would be best to visit the Astatula Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Astatula 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 Astatula Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 352-742-2422 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 Astatula Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

All phone calls from the Astatula Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally 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 bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Astatula Police Jail phone number is: 352-742-2422

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Astatula Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 figuring out how to decrease 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. 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 facility has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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