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Somervell County Jail Information

Address

Somervell County Jail
750 Gibbs Blvd
Glen Rose, TX 76043

Phone Number

Phone: (254) 897-4286

The Somervell County Jail is located at 750 Gibbs Blvd in Glen Rose, TX and is a medium security county jail operated by the Somervell County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about everything one might want to know about the Somervell County Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Somervell County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and lots more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, just ask them, and also any comments or tips that could be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Somervell County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that is incarcerated and want to contact them? Do you know someone that has been arrested and you want to locate them?

In order to see who is in jail at the Somervell County Jail you need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Somervell County Jail Inmate Roster has information about people who are in jail, including current status, and times you can visit. You can find information on anyone arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their inmate information faster if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Somervell County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you make a telephone call to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged will take anywhere between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will get let go. Also, it depends on whether or not you have a bond amount or if a judge must determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, you should plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Somervell County Jail Visitation

Inmates have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Somervell County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so call the facility at (254) 897-4286 before you visit an inmate.

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

To visit an inmate at the Somervell County Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Make 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 Somervell County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not 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 old and is not a family member of 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 Somervell County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Somervell 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

If you would like to send a letter to an inmate at Somervell County Jail, use this address:

Somervell County Jail
750 Gibbs Blvd
Glen Rose, TX 76043

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Somervell County Jail
750 Gibbs Blvd
Glen Rose, TX 76043

The Somervell County Jail mail policy changes frequently, so you should review the site when you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Somervell 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 Somervell 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Somervell County court website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Somervell County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file containing a docket sheet and all of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail are always changing, so we suggest that you check the Somervell County Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Somervell 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 Somervell County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (254) 897-4286 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 Somervell County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like 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 a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Somervell County Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (254) 897-4286

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 money these phone service providers make from all 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 Somervell County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to decrease 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility 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 Somervell County Jail, click the link below.

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