Windham Police Jail

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The Windham Police Jail is located at 375 Gray Road in Windham, ME and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Windham Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Windham Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Windham Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information that you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and also any comments or tips that might help other people in the same situation is welcome.

Windham Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Windham Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who are in jail, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find info on anybody arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information quicker if you’ve got their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Windham Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Windham Police Jail is made up of these 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 answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the phone in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, it might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a discharge date, expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Windham Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Windham Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be entered in a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the jail at 207-892-2525 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Windham Police Jail you have to have your name on their approved 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 Windham Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 under the age of 18 and is not related to the inmate, this 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 Windham Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Windham 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 Windham 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 Windham 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 are able to check the arrest warrants online or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Cumberland County jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates change frequently, so it would be best to check the Windham Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Windham 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 Windham Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 207-892-2525 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 Windham Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want 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 items that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These items 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

All phone calls from the Windham Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone may be limited or totally denied.

Phone Number: 207-892-2525

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Windham Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 state prisons and local 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances 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 jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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