Sundown Police Jail

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The Sundown Police Jail is located at 706 South Slaughter Avenue in Sundown, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Sundown Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Sundown Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Hockley County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer advice and information that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that might help other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Sundown Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sundown Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find info for anybody arrested and booked or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find their arrest information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Sundown Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Sundown Police Jail is made up of each of the following 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.

First, you must answer a number of questions, such as what is your full legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked 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 will be stored until you are released.

You will get to use the telephone so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail will take between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the faster you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether you have a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Sundown Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name to the Sundown Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will go into the visitors log for the inmate. Every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures change often, so we suggest that you call the facility at 806-229-3131 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Sundown Police Jail you have to have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Sundown Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 under the age of 18 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 Sundown Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sundown 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 Sundown 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 Sundown 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, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, 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 Hockley County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Sundown Police Jail change frequently, so it would be best to visit the Sundown Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sundown 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 Sundown Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 806-229-3131 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 Sundown Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Sundown Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Sundown Police Jail phone number is: 806-229-3131

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all 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 Sundown Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail 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 Sundown Police Jail, click the link below.

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