Seaman Police Jail

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The Seaman Police Jail is located at 17806 State Route 247 in Seaman, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Seaman Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about everything a person needs to know about the Seaman Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Seaman Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Adams County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information and tips that you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and any comments or tips that could help other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Seaman Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Seaman Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find info about anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their arrest information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Seaman Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Seaman Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will have to answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you make a telephone call in order 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 might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process may take from 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, it will depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge must determine your bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, you should plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Seaman Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give information about each visitor to the Seaman Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so call the official Seaman Police Jail at 937-386-2980 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Seaman Police Jail you have to be on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Seaman Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to 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 Seaman Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Seaman 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 Seaman 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 Seaman 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Adams County court website or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Adams County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file containing a docket and any documents filed in the case. You can access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to the Adams County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Seaman Police Jail are always changing, so check the Seaman Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Seaman 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 Seaman Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 937-386-2980 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 Seaman Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably 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 products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds 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 Seaman Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls could be reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 937-386-2980

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Seaman Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not 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 or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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