Edison Police Jail

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The Edison Police Jail is located at 103 North Boundary Street in Edison, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Edison Police Department.

This page tells you info about everything you might want to know about the Edison Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer advice and information you need to make going to jail easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to others will be welcome.

Edison Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Edison Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about people who are in jail, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info on anybody arrested and booked or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can locate their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Edison Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Edison Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you must answer a number of questions, like your legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a phone call to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process may take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you post bail, the sooner you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the discharge date, expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Edison Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Edison Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the facility at 419-946-3586 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Edison Police Jail you must be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make 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 without it.

No mobile phones at Edison Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not 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 younger than 18 years old 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 magazines to an inmate at the Edison Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Edison 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 Edison 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 Edison 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 for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records online or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be 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, by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail could change, so be sure to check the Edison Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Edison 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 Edison Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 419-946-3586 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 Edison Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from 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 commissary account. These products 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

All phone calls from the Edison Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden completely.

The Edison Police Jail phone number is: 419-946-3586

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Edison Police Jail. The rates 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county 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 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 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 cases like this, the facility has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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