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Jim Hogg County Jail Information

Address

Jim Hogg County Jail
211 East Galbraith
Hebbronville, TX 78361

Phone Number

Phone: (361) 527-4140

The Jim Hogg County Jail is located at 211 East Galbraith in Hebbronville, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Jim Hogg County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you info about anything related to the Jim Hogg County Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Jim Hogg County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and advice you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any tips or comments that would help others is much appreciated.

Jim Hogg County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member in jail and need to find out where they are? Do you know someone that has been arrested and you don’t know how to find out what jail they’re in?

In order to look up who’s in jail at the Jim Hogg County Jail you have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Jim Hogg County Jail Inmate List is a roster of people who are in jail, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find the same information on anyone processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate the information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Jim Hogg County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Jim Hogg County Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You must answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to make a phone call to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail will take from 15 minutes to all day. In other words the quicker you post bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. It also can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to decide on the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the date of your release, expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Jim Hogg County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must give information about each visitor to the Jim Hogg County Jail before you can visit. This information will be entered in a Visiting log for the inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the jail at (361) 527-4140 before you go.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Jim Hogg County Jail you have to first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Jim Hogg County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 Jim Hogg County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Jim Hogg 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.

Mailing Address

The mailing address for the Jim Hogg County Jail is:

Jim Hogg County Jail
211 East Galbraith
Hebbronville, TX 78361

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Jim Hogg County Jail
211 East Galbraith
Hebbronville, TX 78361

The mail policy at the Jim Hogg County Jail changes, so be sure to check the official Jim Hogg County Jail site before you send a letter to an inmate there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Jim Hogg 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 Jim Hogg 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the court records online or you are able to call the jail directly. 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 know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Jim Hogg County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access court records on the internet, or at the Jim Hogg County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail are always changing, so review the Jim Hogg County Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Jim Hogg 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 Jim Hogg County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (361) 527-4140 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 inmateâ€™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 Jim Hogg County Jail store. You can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember 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 items that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as 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 Jim Hogg County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Jim Hogg County Jail phone number is: (361) 527-4140

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 get to set the prices. The profits from all 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 Jim Hogg County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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