Coldwater Police Jail

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The Coldwater Police Jail is located at 303 West Main Street in Coldwater, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Coldwater Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Coldwater Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Coldwater Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give advice and information you need to make going to jail easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or feedback that would help other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Coldwater Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Coldwater Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who are in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. You can find info for anyone arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their inmate information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Coldwater Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Coldwater Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

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

First you have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail may take between 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will be freed. Also, it might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, you should expect to get released in the morning.

Coldwater Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list each visitor’s name to the Coldwater Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will go into the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor has to provide proof of identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Coldwater Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the jail at 419-678-2356 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Coldwater Police Jail you have to be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Coldwater Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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, 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 Coldwater Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Coldwater 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 Coldwater 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 Coldwater 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 check arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Mercer County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is 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 containing a docket sheet and all documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at the Mercer County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Coldwater Police Jail change frequently, so we suggest that you visit the Coldwater Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Coldwater 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 Coldwater Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 419-678-2356 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 Coldwater Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from 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 items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products like 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 Coldwater Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, 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, phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 419-678-2356

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Coldwater 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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