Westland Police Jail

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The Westland Police Jail is located at 36701 Ford Road in Westland, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Westland Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Westland Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Westland Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer advice and information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that might help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Westland Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Westland Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find information for anyone arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Westland Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some basic questions, like your full name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, if not you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process takes from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get let go. Also, it will depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge has to determine the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Westland Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give each visitor’s full name to the Westland Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be entered into the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies can change, so it would be wise to call the facility at 734-722-9600 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Westland Police Jail you must be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Westland Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If a 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of 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 magazines to an inmate at the Westland Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Westland 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 Westland 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 Westland 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Wayne County court website or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Wayne County jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access your 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 state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail is likely to change, so it would be best to visit the Westland Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Westland 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 Westland Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 734-722-9600 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 Westland Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember 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 inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Westland Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about 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 rules, phone calls might get reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 734-722-9600

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 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 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 Westland Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to lower 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call 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 facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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