San Jacinto County Jail

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The San Jacinto County Jail is located at 75 West Cedar Avenue in Coldspring, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about everything one might want to know about the San Jacinto County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the San Jacinto County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find San Jacinto County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer info you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

San Jacinto County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The San Jacinto County Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get the same information on anyone processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

San Jacinto County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the San Jacinto County Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

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

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process may take from 30 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the faster you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge has to figure out your bail amount. For minor charges, you will get 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 be discharged between 9am and noon.

San Jacinto County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give information about each visitor to the San Jacinto County Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be entered into the log as an approved visitor. Every visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at San Jacinto County Jail can change, so make sure that you call the jail at (936) 653-4367 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the San Jacinto County Jail you must have your name on this person’s visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at San Jacinto County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer 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, this visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the San Jacinto County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the San Jacinto 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 San Jacinto 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 San Jacinto 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the San Jacinto County jail website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that contains a court docket and all documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the San Jacinto County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates change frequently, so we suggest that you review the San Jacinto County Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at San Jacinto 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 San Jacinto County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (936) 653-4367 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 San Jacinto County Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 San Jacinto County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are much pricier than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: (936) 653-4367

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control 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 San Jacinto County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 figuring 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 a lot of money 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 in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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