Paulding Police Jail

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The Paulding Police Jail is located at 116 South Main Street in Paulding, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Paulding Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about everything a person needs to know about the Paulding Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the info that you’ll need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Paulding Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Paulding Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to get the same information for anybody processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You can get their arrest information fast if you have their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Paulding Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Paulding Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full legal name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to use the telephone in order to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get let go. Also, it will depend on if you have a bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Paulding Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s full name to the Paulding Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the log for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The Paulding Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so call the official Paulding Police Jail at 419-399-3311 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Paulding Police Jail you must be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Paulding Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Paulding Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Paulding 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 Paulding 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 Paulding 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, 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 jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to the Paulding County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Paulding Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so you should visit the Paulding Police Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Paulding 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 Paulding Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 419-399-3311 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 Paulding Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Paulding Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are typically more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 419-399-3311

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 Paulding Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 can be 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not 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 inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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