Elida Police Jail

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The Elida Police Jail is located at 102 Pioneer Road in Elida, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the American Township Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Elida Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Elida Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information that you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a question, just ask them, and also any comments or tips that would be a benefit to others will be welcome.

Elida Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Elida Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of people currently in custody, including current status, and schedule for visitation. You can find the same information about anybody booked or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information faster if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Elida Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Elida Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, street address, date of birth 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 you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you have a cash bond or if a judge needs to figure out the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, you should plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Elida Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must give each visitor’s full name to the Elida Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will go into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Elida Police Jail change often, so you should call the facility at 419-331-6788 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Elida Police Jail you have to have your name on their approved 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 Elida Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they must 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 old 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 magazines to an inmate at the Elida Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Elida 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 Elida 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 Elida 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 for your arrest, you can access court records on the Allen County court website or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, 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, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all documents filed in the case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Allen County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for crimes, which include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Elida Police Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so be sure to double check the Elida Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Elida 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 Elida Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 419-331-6788 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 Elida Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Elida Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 419-331-6788

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Elida 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails 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 cases like this, the jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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