Kapaau Police Jail

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The Kapaau Police Jail is located at 54-3900 Akoni Pule Highway in Kapaau, HI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hawaii Police Department – North Kohala.

This site will tell you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Kapaau Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Hawaii County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make the process easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Kapaau Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Kapaau Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get the same information for anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you have their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Kapaau Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

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

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

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged takes anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get let go. Also, it might depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the judge must figure out your bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Kapaau Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to provide information about each visitor to the Kapaau Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will go into a log of visitors as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Kapaau Police Jail change often, so we suggest that you call the facility at 808-889-6540 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Kapaau Police Jail you must first have your name on their visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Kapaau Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 Kapaau Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Kapaau 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 Kapaau 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 Kapaau 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 for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the Hawaii County jail website or call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Kapaau Police Jail might change, so we suggest that you double check the Kapaau Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Kapaau 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 Kapaau Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 808-889-6540 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 Kapaau Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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

All phone calls from the Kapaau Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are a lot pricier 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 bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 808-889-6540

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Kapaau Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 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 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 prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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