Dixie County Jail

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The Dixie County Jail is located at 386 NE 255 Street in Cross City, FL and is a medium security county jail operated by the Dixie County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Dixie County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information and advice you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a question, just ask it, and also any tips or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Dixie County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Dixie County Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get the same information about anyone arrested and booked or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their inmate information fast if you enter their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Dixie County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Dixie County Jail includes these steps:

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

First you have to answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you make a telephone call to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take between 10 minutes to all day long. So, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, it might depend on whether you have a bond amount or if a judge must decide on your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Dixie County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s name to the Dixie County Jail in advance of any visit. This information will go into a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. Each visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Dixie County Jail frequently change, so it would be wise to call the facility at (352) 498-1231 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Dixie County Jail you have to first be on this person’s visitation list.

Make 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.

No mobile phones at Dixie County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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, 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 Dixie County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Dixie 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 Dixie 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 Dixie 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Dixie County jail website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail are always changing, so be sure to visit the Dixie County Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Dixie 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 Dixie County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (352) 498-1231 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 Dixie County Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use 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 inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Dixie County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are much more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (352) 498-1231

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Dixie 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 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 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t 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 facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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