Oakwood Police Jail

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The Oakwood Police Jail is located at 135 East Broad Street in Oakwood, TX and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Oakwood Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Oakwood Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Oakwood Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to others will be welcome.

Oakwood Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Oakwood Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals who are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. You can find information on anyone booked or released in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get the information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Oakwood Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Oakwood Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

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

First you will have to answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take between 10 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a judge still needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, you should plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Oakwood Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Oakwood Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be entered in the visitation log for the requesting inmate. All visitors will be required to provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Oakwood Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the jail at 903-545-2131 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Oakwood Police Jail you must first have your name on this person’s 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 at Oakwood Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Oakwood Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Oakwood 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 Oakwood 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 Oakwood 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 might have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Leon County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a court docket and any documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Oakwood Police Jail jail inmates might change, so it would be best to check the Oakwood Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Oakwood 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 Oakwood Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 903-545-2131 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 Oakwood Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as 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 Oakwood Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are typically pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Oakwood Police Jail phone number is: 903-545-2131

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 Oakwood 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 is 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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