Whittier Police Jail

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The Whittier Police Jail is located at 100 Kenai Street in Whittier, AK and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Whittier Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Whittier Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Whittier Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and advice you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to others is welcome.

Whittier Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Whittier Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who are in jail, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get the same information for anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information faster if you’ve got their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Whittier Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Whittier Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you will have to answer some basic questions, like what is your full name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the faster you can get released from jail. Also, it will depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must figure out how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, plan to get released that morning.

Whittier Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Whittier Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will be put into a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors must provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures change often, so we suggest that you call the official Whittier Police Jail at 907-472-2340 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Whittier Police Jail you have to first be on this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Whittier Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain 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 under the age of 18 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Whittier Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Whittier 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 Whittier 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 Whittier 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, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Valdez-Cordova County court website 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. You should know 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 the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any of the documents filed in your case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Valdez-Cordova County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally 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 DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail can change at any time, so it would be best to visit the Whittier Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Whittier 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 Whittier Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 907-472-2340 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 Whittier Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Whittier Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, 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 could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Whittier Police Jail phone number is: 907-472-2340

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly 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 phone calls that inmates make 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 Whittier Police Jail. The rates 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 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 significantly 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 in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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