Sequim Police Jail

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The Sequim Police Jail is located at 609 West Washington Street in Sequim, WA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Sequim Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything related to the Sequim Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information and tips that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a question, just ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Sequim Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sequim Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people currently in custody, including custody status, and times you can visit. You can find information for anybody who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their arrest information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Sequim Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Sequim Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

The first step is that you will answer some questions, like what is your legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get let go. It also will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to determine your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Sequim Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Sequim Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will be put into the visitors log as an approved visitor. All visitors must provide proof of identification. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Sequim Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so we suggest that you call the official Sequim Police Jail at 360-683-7227 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Sequim Police Jail you must first be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Make 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.

No cellphones at Sequim Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 Sequim Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sequim 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 Sequim 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 Sequim 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file that includes a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a 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 a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Sequim Police Jail is likely to change, so it would be best to double check the Sequim Police Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sequim 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 Sequim Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 360-683-7227 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 Sequim Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Sequim Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are usually more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden.

The Sequim Police Jail phone number is: 360-683-7227

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every 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 phone calls that inmates make 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 Sequim Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 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 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 cases like this, the jail has set their 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 Sequim Police Jail, click the link below.

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