Osawatomie Police Jail

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The Osawatomie Police Jail is located at 509 5Th Street in Osawatomie, KS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Osawatomie Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Osawatomie Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Osawatomie Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information and advice you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that might be a benefit to others will be much appreciated.

Osawatomie Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Osawatomie Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to find the same information on anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their inmate information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Osawatomie Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Osawatomie Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you must answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to use the telephone in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process takes from 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, you should expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Osawatomie Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Osawatomie Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Osawatomie Police Jail are always changing, so you should call the facility at 913-755-2101 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Osawatomie Police Jail you have to first be on their visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Osawatomie Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 Osawatomie Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Osawatomie 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 Osawatomie 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 Osawatomie 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 think you might have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the court records online or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Miami County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a court docket and any documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the Miami County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

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

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Osawatomie Police Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so be sure to double check the Osawatomie Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Osawatomie 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 Osawatomie Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 913-755-2101 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 Osawatomie Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely 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 the inmate can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Osawatomie Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are much more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, phone calls might get cut back or forbidden.

The Osawatomie Police Jail phone number is: 913-755-2101

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of 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 Osawatomie Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 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 Osawatomie Police Jail, click the link below.

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