Bastrop County Jail

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The Bastrop County Jail is located at 1601 Mill Street in Bastrop, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the Bastrop County Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Bastrop County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give advice and information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask them, and also any feedback or comments that could help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Bastrop County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bastrop County Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who are in jail, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get info about anyone arrested and booked or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information faster if you have the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Bastrop County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Bastrop County Jail is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you have to answer some basic questions, like what is your full name, your address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to use the telephone to 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 get to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process will take anywhere from 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate has to decide on your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, you should plan to be released that morning.

Bastrop County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Bastrop County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures can change, so call the jail at (512) 332-3574 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Bastrop County Jail you must have your name on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Bastrop County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Bastrop County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bastrop County 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 Bastrop County 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 Bastrop County 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 website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Bastrop County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket and any documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the Bastrop County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates might change, so it would be best to visit the Bastrop County Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bastrop County 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 Bastrop County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (512) 332-3574 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 Bastrop County Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products like 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 Bastrop County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on 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 could be reduced or forbidden.

The Bastrop County Jail phone number is: (512) 332-3574

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Bastrop County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison 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 Bastrop County Jail, click the link below.

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