Oneida Police Jail

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The Oneida Police Jail is located at 19922 Alberta Street in Oneida, TN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Oneida Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Oneida Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Oneida Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the info you need to make going to jail easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Oneida Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Oneida Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and visiting hours. You can also find info about anyone arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Oneida Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Oneida Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you must answer some simple questions, such as your full legal name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to use the phone so you can contact 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 get to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged may take anywhere between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the date of your release, expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Oneida Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to list information about each visitor to the Oneida Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be put in a Visiting log as an approved visitor. Every visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the jail at 423-569-4255 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Oneida Police Jail you must have your name on their visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Oneida Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a 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 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 Oneida Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Oneida 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 Oneida 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 Oneida 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 an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Scott County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that contains a court docket and all of the documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail at the Oneida Police Jail can change at any time, so it would be best to double check the Oneida Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Oneida 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 Oneida Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 423-569-4255 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 Oneida Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items 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

All phone calls from the Oneida Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

The Oneida Police Jail phone number is: 423-569-4255

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. 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 Oneida Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 state prisons and local jails finding out 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 calling 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 will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, 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 Oneida Police Jail, click the link below.

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