Swanton Police Jail

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The Swanton Police Jail is located at 219 Chestnut Street in Swanton, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Swanton Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Swanton Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Swanton Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Fulton County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give advice and information you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a question, just ask them, and any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Swanton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Swanton Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and times you can visit. You can find the same information on anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find their arrest information faster if you have their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Swanton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you will have to answer a number of questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process can take from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if the judge has to determine the bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Swanton Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the Swanton Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put in a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. Each visitor has to provide identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Swanton Police Jail can change, so call the official Swanton Police Jail at 419-826-4696 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Swanton Police Jail you have to first be added to their visitation list.

Be 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.

No phones at Swanton Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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, 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 Swanton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Swanton 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 Swanton 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 Swanton 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Fulton County court website or you can 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. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to the Fulton County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Swanton Police Jail inmates might change, so be sure to review the Swanton Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Swanton 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 Swanton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 419-826-4696 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 Swanton Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate 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 personal 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

All phone calls from the Swanton Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on 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 a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 419-826-4696

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Swanton Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 figuring 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. 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 jail 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 Swanton Police Jail, click the link below.

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