Mcdonald Police Jail

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The Mcdonald Police Jail is located at 451 Ohio Avenue in Mcdonald, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Mcdonald Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Mcdonald Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information that you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Mcdonald Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mcdonald Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and schedule for visitation. You can find the same information on anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their inmate information faster if you enter their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Mcdonald Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Mcdonald Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like what is your legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to use the telephone to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process can take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. It also can depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to figure out the bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, you should expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Mcdonald Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must give each visitor’s full name to the Mcdonald Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will go in a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Mcdonald Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the jail at 330-530-5472 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Mcdonald Police Jail you must be on their visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Mcdonald Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Mcdonald Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mcdonald 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 Mcdonald 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 Mcdonald 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 access arrest warrants on the Trumbull County jail website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file containing a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in the 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 county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Mcdonald Police Jail jail inmates change frequently, so be sure to check the Mcdonald Police Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mcdonald 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 Mcdonald Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 330-530-5472 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 Mcdonald Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably 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 buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Mcdonald Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are much pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 330-530-5472

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all 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 Mcdonald 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 calling 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 phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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