Trussville Police Jail

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The Trussville Police Jail is located at 8885 Gadsden Highway in Trussville, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Argo Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Trussville Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer info you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that could help others would be appreciated.

Trussville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Trussville Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who have been arrested, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. You can get info for anyone booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information faster if you enter the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Trussville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Trussville Police Jail includes these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you must answer some simple questions, such as your legal name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to use the phone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged will take from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge has to determine the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the date of your release, you should expect to be discharged in the morning.

Trussville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Trussville Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the log for the inmate. Each visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

The Trussville Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the official Trussville Police Jail at 205-655-9395 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Trussville Police Jail you must be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring 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 are allowed at Trussville Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not related to 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Trussville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Trussville 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 Trussville 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 Trussville 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the website or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Jefferson County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file containing a docket and all documents filed in your court case. You can access court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. Go to the Jefferson County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Trussville Police Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so be sure to review the Trussville Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Trussville 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 Trussville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 205-655-9395 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 Trussville Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need 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 items that inmates can purchase if they have 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Trussville Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Trussville Police Jail phone number is: 205-655-9395

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Trussville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails 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 jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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