Shelby Police Jail

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The Shelby Police Jail is located at 3100 Wareham Road in Shelby, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Shelby Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about everything you might want to know about the Shelby Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Shelby Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information you need to make the process easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Shelby Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Shelby Police Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find info for anybody arrested and booked or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate their inmate information more quickly if you have their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Shelby Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Shelby Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

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

You will be allowed to make a telephone call to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you have a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to determine the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the date of your release, plan to get discharged that morning.

Shelby Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must give each visitor’s name to the Shelby Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the visitors log as an Authorized visit. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies can change, so you should call the official Shelby Police Jail at 419-347-2242 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Shelby Police Jail you must have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Shelby Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 Shelby Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Shelby 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 Shelby 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 Shelby 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Richland County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file that includes a court docket and all filings and 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 Richland County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail at the Shelby Police Jail is likely to change, so check the Shelby Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Shelby 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 Shelby Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 419-347-2242 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 Shelby Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use 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 money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Shelby Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or totally denied.

Phone Number: 419-347-2242

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all 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 Shelby Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison 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 Shelby Police Jail, click the link below.

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