Hoquiam Police Jail

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The Hoquiam Police Jail is located at 215 10Th Street in Hoquiam, WA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hoquiam Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Hoquiam Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Hoquiam Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and advice that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Hoquiam Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hoquiam Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people currently in custody, including current status, and schedule for visitation. You can also get information for anybody who has been arrested or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Hoquiam Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Hoquiam Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you must answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

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

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 change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day. In other words the faster bail is posted, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if a judge must figure out the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, plan to be discharged in the morning.

Hoquiam Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s name to the Hoquiam Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. Each visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the official Hoquiam Police Jail at 360-532-0892 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Hoquiam Police Jail you must be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Hoquiam Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 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 Hoquiam Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hoquiam 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 Hoquiam 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 Hoquiam 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 are able to check the arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail change frequently, so double check the Hoquiam Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hoquiam 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 Hoquiam Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 360-532-0892 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 Hoquiam Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Hoquiam Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to 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 there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or cut altogether.

The Hoquiam Police Jail phone number is: 360-532-0892

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits 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 Hoquiam Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 can be 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call 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 cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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