Wauseon Police Jail

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The Wauseon Police Jail is located at 230 Clinton Street in Wauseon, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Wauseon Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Wauseon Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and advice that you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Wauseon Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Wauseon Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find information about anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Wauseon Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Wauseon Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

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

You will then be allowed to use the telephone to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process can take between 30 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get discharged. It also can depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to determine the bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, expect to get released in the morning.

Wauseon Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Wauseon Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the visitors log for the inmate. Every visitor must provide identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Wauseon Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the facility at 419-335-3821 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Wauseon Police Jail you must first have your name on their visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Wauseon Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not related to 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 Wauseon Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Wauseon 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 Wauseon 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 Wauseon 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the court records on the Fulton County court website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear 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 Fulton County jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates can change at any time, so be sure to review the Wauseon Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Wauseon 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 Wauseon Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 419-335-3821 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 Wauseon Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items 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

The only phone calls that Wauseon Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone 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 inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 419-335-3821

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of all of the 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 Wauseon Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of 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 lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money 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 money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, 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 Wauseon Police Jail, click the link below.

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