Surfside Police Jail

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The Surfside Police Jail is located at 9293 Harding Avenue in Surfside, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Surfside Police Department.

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

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information and advice you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that might be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

Surfside Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Surfside Police Jail Inmate List has information about individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and times you can visit. You can get the same information about anyone booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can find their inmate information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Surfside Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Surfside 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 step is that you will answer a number of questions, like what is your legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process takes from 30 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, plan to be discharged that morning.

Surfside Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Surfside Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered in the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Surfside Police Jail frequently change, so call the official Surfside Police Jail at 305-861-4862 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Surfside Police Jail you have to first have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Surfside Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 old 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 Surfside Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Surfside 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 Surfside 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 Surfside 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the court records online or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file containing a docket and any of the documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records on the website, or at the Miami-Dade County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Miami-Dade County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Surfside Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so you should check the Surfside Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Surfside 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 Surfside Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 305-861-4862 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 Surfside Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as 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 cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items 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 Surfside Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions 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 and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or totally denied.

The Surfside Police Jail phone number is: 305-861-4862

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from 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 Surfside Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 learning how to lower 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t 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 facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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