Delray Beach Police Jail

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The Delray Beach Police Jail is located at 300 West Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Delray Beach Police Department.

This page will tell you info about everything one might want to know about the Delray Beach Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Delray Beach Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information that you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and any tips or comments that could be a benefit to others would be welcome.

Delray Beach Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Delray Beach Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and times you can visit. You can also get info on anybody arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find their arrest information quicker if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Delray Beach Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Delray Beach Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You must answer some questions, such as your legal name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

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

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take between 30 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the faster you will be released. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge must determine how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the release date, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Delray Beach Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide each visitor’s name to the Delray Beach Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will go in a Visiting log as an approved visitor. Each visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the facility at 561-243-7800 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Delray Beach Police Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be 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 Delray Beach Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 Delray Beach Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Delray Beach 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 Delray Beach 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 Delray Beach 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access court records on the Palm Beach County court website or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Delray Beach Police Jail change frequently, so it would be best to visit the Delray Beach Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Delray Beach 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 Delray Beach Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 561-243-7800 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 Delray Beach Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. 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 the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items 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 Delray Beach Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but bear 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, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 561-243-7800

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Delray Beach 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 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 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 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 any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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