Covington Police Jail

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The Covington Police Jail is located at 224 West Main Street in Covington, OK and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Covington Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Covington Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Garfield County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the info that you’ll need to make the process easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that would help others is welcome.

Covington Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Covington Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get the same information on anybody arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their inmate information more quickly if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Covington Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Covington Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will have to answer some basic questions, like your legal name, home address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental 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 discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take between 15 minutes to all day. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get out of jail. It also will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge needs to figure out the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Covington Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Covington Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will go into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Each visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

The Covington Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the official Covington Police Jail at 580-864-7427 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Covington Police Jail you have to have your name on their visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Covington Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 magazines to an inmate at the Covington Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Covington 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 Covington 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 Covington 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 are able to check the court records on the website or you can call the jail. 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 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, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at the Garfield County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Garfield County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail are always changing, so we suggest that you check the Covington Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Covington 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 Covington Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 580-864-7427 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 Covington Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want 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 items that inmates can purchase if they have money in their account. These products 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Covington Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are much more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 580-864-7427

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all 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 Covington Police Jail. The prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 will not be able to save you any money, 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 in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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