Chambers County Jail

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The Chambers County Jail is located at 201 North Court Street in Anahuac, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Chambers County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Chambers County Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Chambers County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and more.

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6. How To Save Money on Inmate Calls at Chambers County Jail
7. Chambers County Jail Care Packages
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Chambers County Jail
10. How to Search Chambers County Arrest Records

Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and advice you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that could help others will be welcome.

Chambers County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Chambers County Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find information on anyone processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can locate the information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Chambers County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Chambers County Jail includes each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full name, home address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you use the phone in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged will take between 15 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you can post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, plan to be released in the morning.

Chambers County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name to the Chambers County Jail in advance. Your visitors will be entered into the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors must provide proof of identification. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the official Chambers County Jail at (409) 267-8335 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Chambers County Jail you have to first be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Chambers County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Chambers County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Chambers 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 Chambers 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 Chambers 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 for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry online or call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file containing a docket and all documents and filings filed in the case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Chambers County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will be 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, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Chambers County Jail inmates could change, so you should double check the Chambers County Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Chambers 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 Chambers County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (409) 267-8335 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 Chambers County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 personal 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

All phone calls from the Chambers County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: (409) 267-8335

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all 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 Chambers County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. 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 cases like this, 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 Chambers County Jail, click the link below.

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