Motley County Jail

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The Motley County Jail is located at 701 Dundee Avenue in Matador, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Motley County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about anything you might need to know about the Motley County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and everything else.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Motley County Jail
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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a question, just ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Motley County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Motley County Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and times you can visit. You can also find the same information for anyone booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can get the information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Motley County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Motley County Jail includes each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

You will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you make a phone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, it depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to figure out the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Motley County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Motley County Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put in a Visiting log for the inmate. Each and every visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so make sure that you call the official Motley County Jail at (806) 347-2234 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Motley County Jail you must be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Motley County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. 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 must 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, 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Motley County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Motley 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 Motley 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 Motley 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check court records 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 ask them. Keep in mind 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 their arrest date, contact the Motley County jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a court docket and all documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail could change, so we suggest that you double check the Motley County Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Motley 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 Motley County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (806) 347-2234 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 Motley County Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

All phone calls from the Motley County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Motley County Jail phone number is: (806) 347-2234

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Motley County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 figuring out how to lower 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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