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Okeechobee Police Jail Information

Address

Okeechobee Police Jail
50 Southeast 2Nd Avenue
Okeechobee, FL 34972-2907

Phone Number

Phone Number: 863-763-5521

The Okeechobee Police Jail is located at 50 Southeast 2Nd Avenue in Okeechobee, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Okeechobee Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything related to the Okeechobee Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Okeechobee County court records, and lots more.

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information and tips that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

Okeechobee Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you know someone that has gone to jail and don’t know how to find them? Do you know a family member or friend that’s been arrested and you need to find out where they are?

To search who’s in jail at the Okeechobee Police Jail you will need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Okeechobee Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of people who are in jail, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find information on anyone processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get the information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Okeechobee Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Okeechobee Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

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

You will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your full legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to use the phone to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process will take from 30 minutes to all day. So, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, it can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to get discharged in the morning.

Okeechobee Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list information about each visitor to the Okeechobee Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be put in the log as an approved visitor. Every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Okeechobee Police Jail change often, so you should call the facility at 863-763-5521 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 Okeechobee Police Jail you have to first have your name on their approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Okeechobee Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 younger than 18 years old 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 magazines to an inmate at the Okeechobee Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Okeechobee 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to an inmate at Okeechobee Police Jail:

Okeechobee Police Jail
50 Southeast 2Nd Avenue
Okeechobee, FL 34972-2907

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Okeechobee Police Jail
50 Southeast 2Nd Avenue
Okeechobee, FL 34972-2907

The mail policy at the Okeechobee Police Jail is always changing, so we suggest that you check the official Okeechobee Police Jail 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 Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Okeechobee County court website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at the Okeechobee County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to the Okeechobee County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail could change, so we suggest that you review the Okeechobee Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 863-763-5521 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 Okeechobee Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Okeechobee Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to 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 you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, phone calls might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Okeechobee Police Jail phone number is: 863-763-5521

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all of the 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 Okeechobee Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 finding 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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