Oxford Police Jail

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The Oxford Police Jail is located at 121 South Sumner Avenue in Oxford, KS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Oxford Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Oxford Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give info that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that might be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Oxford Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Oxford Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about people who are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get information about anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Oxford Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Oxford 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.

You have to answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full name, address, date of birth and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you use the telephone so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process takes anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. It also will depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Oxford Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to give information about each visitor to the Oxford Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be put in the visitors log for the inmate. Each and every visitor will have to provide identification. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Oxford Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the facility at 620-455-3225 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Oxford Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Oxford Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 a 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Oxford Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Oxford 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 Oxford 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 Oxford 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Sumner County jail website or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Sumner County jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file that contains a docket and any of the documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates are always changing, so be sure to review the Oxford Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Oxford 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 Oxford Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 620-455-3225 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 Oxford Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money 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 Oxford Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on 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 break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or totally denied.

The Oxford Police Jail phone number is: 620-455-3225

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the 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 Oxford Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 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 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 any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail 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 Oxford Police Jail, click the link below.

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