Odenville Police Jail

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The Odenville Police Jail is located at 183 Alabama Street in Odenville, AL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Odenville Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Odenville Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Odenville Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and any comments or tips that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Odenville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Odenville Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who are in jail, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can get information on anybody arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find the information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Odenville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Odenville Police Jail includes these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

First you must answer some basic questions, like your full name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged can take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you post bail, the faster you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Odenville Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Odenville Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at 205-629-6366 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Odenville Police Jail you must have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Odenville Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Odenville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Odenville 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 Odenville 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 Odenville 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check the court records on the St Clair County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the St Clair County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to the St Clair County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive 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 these crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Odenville Police Jail change frequently, so you should double check the Odenville Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Odenville 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 Odenville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 205-629-6366 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 Odenville Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want 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 inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items 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 Odenville Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

Phone Number: 205-629-6366

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Odenville 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring 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 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 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 jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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