Woodlake Police Jail

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The Woodlake Police Jail is located at 350 North Valencia Boulevard in Woodlake, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Woodlake Police Department.

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

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give info you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Woodlake Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Woodlake Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find info for anyone processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to get the information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Woodlake Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster bail is posted, the faster you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if a judge must determine how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, expect to get discharged that morning.

Woodlake Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Woodlake Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will go in the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 559-564-3346 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Woodlake Police Jail you have to have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Woodlake Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 the 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Woodlake Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Woodlake 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 Woodlake 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 Woodlake 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 for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants online or you can call the jail. You have to have their 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 have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Woodlake Police Jail jail inmates might change, so visit the Woodlake Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Woodlake 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 Woodlake Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 559-564-3346 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 Woodlake Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Woodlake Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 559-564-3346

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Woodlake Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 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 therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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