Merkel Police Jail

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The Merkel Police Jail is located at 100 Kent Street in Merkel, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Merkel Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the Merkel Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Taylor County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give advice and information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that might help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Merkel Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Merkel Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to get the same information about anybody arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information fast if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Merkel Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Merkel Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer a bunch of questions, like your full legal name, your address, birthdate and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged will take from 30 minutes to all day. In other words the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will be freed. Also, it depends on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, you should expect to get discharged that morning.

Merkel Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Merkel Police Jail in advance. This information will go in a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Merkel Police Jail frequently change, so you should call the jail at 325-928-4911 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Merkel Police Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

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

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

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 under the age of 18 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 magazines to an inmate at the Merkel Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Merkel 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 Merkel 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 Merkel 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 for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the Taylor County jail website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Taylor 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 records and available to anyone. They include a case file that includes a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at the Taylor County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to the Taylor County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, 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 inmates at the Merkel Police Jail could change, so we suggest that you review the Merkel Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Merkel 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 Merkel Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 325-928-4911 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 Merkel Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Merkel Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 325-928-4911

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all of the inmate phone calls 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 Merkel Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring 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 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 jail has set their inmate 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 Merkel Police Jail, click the link below.

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