Gahanna Police Jail

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The Gahanna Police Jail is located at 460 Rocky Fork Boulevard in Gahanna, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Gahanna Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about anything related to the Gahanna Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Gahanna Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that might help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Gahanna Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Gahanna Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who have been arrested, which includes status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get info about anybody who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information fast if you enter their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Gahanna Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Gahanna Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

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

The first step is that you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your legal name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call to call family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, it might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge has to determine your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, expect to be discharged in the morning.

Gahanna Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Gahanna Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. All visitors has to provide identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Gahanna Police Jail are always changing, so make sure that you call the official Gahanna Police Jail at 614-342-4240 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Gahanna Police Jail you must be on their approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Gahanna Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally 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 old 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 Gahanna Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Gahanna 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 Gahanna 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 Gahanna 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 can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Franklin County court website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. 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, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Franklin County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to the Franklin County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail might change, so review the Gahanna Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Gahanna 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 Gahanna Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 614-342-4240 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 Gahanna Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember 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 buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products like 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 Gahanna Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about 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 you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, phone calls might get reduced or forbidden.

The Gahanna Police Jail phone number is: 614-342-4240

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 Gahanna Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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