Waurika Police Jail

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The Waurika Police Jail is located at 122 South Main Street in Waurika, OK and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Waurika Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Waurika Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Jefferson County court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and advice that you’ll need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to others would be welcome.

Waurika Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Waurika Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people who have been arrested, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get information on anyone arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Waurika Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Waurika Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer some basic questions, such as your legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to use the phone to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. The discharge process will take between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge needs to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a release date, you should plan to be discharged in the morning.

Waurika Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Waurika Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be entered in the visitors log as an approved visitor. Every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Waurika Police Jail are always changing, so you should call the official Waurika Police Jail at 580-228-2713 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Waurika Police Jail you have to be on their 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 Waurika Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 Waurika Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Waurika 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 Waurika 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 Waurika 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access court records on the Jefferson County court website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records online, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail might change, so review the Waurika Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Waurika 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 Waurika Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 580-228-2713 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 Waurika Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Waurika Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to 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 privileges may be limited or totally denied.

Phone Number: 580-228-2713

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 from 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 Waurika Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 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. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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