Odessa Police Jail

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The Odessa Police Jail is located at 105 East 1St Avenue in Odessa, WA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Odessa Police Department.

This site will tell you info about anything you might need to know about the Odessa Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you advice and information that you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and any feedback or comments that might help others will be appreciated.

Odessa Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Odessa Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who have been arrested, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. You can also get the same information for anyone who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Odessa Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you have to answer some basic questions, like your legal name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get 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 telephone call to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged takes anywhere between 10 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate has to determine the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Odessa Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list information about each visitor to the Odessa Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be entered in a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Odessa Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so we suggest that you call the jail at 509-982-0141 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Odessa Police Jail you must first be added to this person’s visitation list.

Make 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 cellphones at Odessa Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must get 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 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 of age 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 Odessa Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Odessa 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 Odessa 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 Odessa 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, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Lincoln County jail website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Odessa Police Jail are always changing, so be sure to double check the Odessa Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Odessa 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 Odessa Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 509-982-0141 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 Odessa Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need 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 products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products 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

The only phone calls that Odessa Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are typically more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, phone privileges may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 509-982-0141

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 the prices. The money 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 Odessa Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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