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Botkins Police Jail Information

Address

Botkins Police Jail
207 West South Street
Botkins, OH 45306

Phone Number

Phone: 937-693-4341

The Botkins Police Jail is located at 207 West South Street in Botkins, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Botkins Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything related to the Botkins Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you advice and information that you’ll need to make going to jail easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to others would be appreciated.

Botkins Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend that is locked up and want to contact them? Do you know someone that has been arrested and you need to locate them?

To search who is in jail at the Botkins Police Jail you need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Botkins Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get information about anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate their arrest information faster if you have your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Botkins Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

You must answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you make a phone call to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take from 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get released. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a judge must decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, plan to be discharged that morning.

Botkins Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Botkins Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will go into the log as an Authorized visit. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so we suggest that you call the official Botkins Police Jail at 937-693-4341 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

Before you can visit someone at the Botkins Police Jail you must 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 at Botkins Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision 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 must 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 magazines to an inmate at the Botkins Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Botkins 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

If you would like to send a letter to an inmate at Botkins Police Jail, use this address:

Botkins Police Jail
207 West South Street
Botkins, OH 45306

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Botkins Police Jail
207 West South Street
Botkins, OH 45306

The Botkins Police Jail mail policy changes often, so be sure to review the official Botkins Police Jail site before you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Botkins 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 Botkins 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 for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the Shelby County court website or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, 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 Shelby County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file containing a court docket and all of the documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at the Shelby County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail might change, so you should double check the Botkins Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Botkins 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 Botkins Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 937-693-4341 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 Botkins Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Botkins Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 937-693-4341

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all phone calls that inmates make 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 Botkins 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 state prisons and local jails finding 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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