Lake Hamilton Police Jail

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The Lake Hamilton Police Jail is located at 100 Smith Avenue in Lake Hamilton, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lake Hamilton Police Department.

This guide tells you info about everything you might need to know about the Lake Hamilton Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information that you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

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Who’s In Jail

The Lake Hamilton Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can find the same information about anybody arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can get their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Lake Hamilton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Lake Hamilton Police Jail is made up of each of the following 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.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some simple questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to use the telephone in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail will take between 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will be released. Also, it can depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate has to figure out your bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Lake Hamilton Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give each visitor’s full name to the Lake Hamilton Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor has to provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Lake Hamilton Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the official Lake Hamilton Police Jail at 863-439-1561 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Lake Hamilton Police Jail you have to 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 when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Lake Hamilton Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If the 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 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 Lake Hamilton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lake Hamilton Police 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 Lake Hamilton Police 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 Lake Hamilton Police 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, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Polk County jail website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the Polk County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to the Polk County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates are always changing, so visit the Lake Hamilton Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lake Hamilton Police 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 Lake Hamilton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 863-439-1561 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 Lake Hamilton Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products like 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 Lake Hamilton Police 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 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 inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls might get reduced or forbidden completely.

The Lake Hamilton Police Jail phone number is: 863-439-1561

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Lake Hamilton Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 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 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 circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore 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 will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Lake Hamilton Police Jail, click the link below.

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