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Watonga Police Jail Information

Address

Watonga Police Jail
115 East 1St Street
Watonga, OK 73772-3817

Phone Number

Phone: 580-623-7355

The Watonga Police Jail is located at 115 East 1St Street in Watonga, OK and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Watonga Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything related to the Watonga Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Watonga Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the info that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that would help other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Watonga Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you know someone that is incarcerated and need to contact them? Do you know a family member or friend who’s been arrested and you don’t know how to find them?

In order to see who is in jail at the Watonga Police Jail you will have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

First Name

Last Name

State

Who’s In Jail

The Watonga Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and times you can visit. You can get the same information on anybody arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find the information more quickly if you enter their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Watonga Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Watonga Police Jail includes the following steps:

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

The first step is that you have to answer some simple questions, such as your legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to use the telephone in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

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, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process may take between 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will be released. It also will depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate must decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, plan to get released in the morning.

Watonga Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give information about each visitor to the Watonga Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put in the log for the requesting inmate. All visitors is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Watonga Police Jail can change, so you should call the official Watonga Police Jail at 580-623-7355 before you go to visitation.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Watonga Police Jail you have to first be added to their visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

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

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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, 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 magazines to an inmate at the Watonga Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Watonga 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.

Mailing Address

The mailing address for the Watonga Police Jail is:

Watonga Police Jail
115 East 1St Street
Watonga, OK 73772-3817

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Watonga Police Jail
115 East 1St Street
Watonga, OK 73772-3817

The Watonga Police Jail mail policy can change, so we suggest that you review the official website before you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Watonga 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 Watonga 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 court records online or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Blaine County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the Blaine County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to the Blaine County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Watonga Police Jail change frequently, so you should review the Watonga Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Watonga 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 Watonga Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 580-623-7355 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 inmateâ€™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 Watonga Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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

All phone calls from the Watonga Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 580-623-7355

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Watonga 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 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 finding out how to decrease 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not 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 facility 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 Watonga Police Jail, click the link below.

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