Ashton Police Jail

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The Ashton Police Jail is located at 714 Main Street in Ashton, ID and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Ashton Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Ashton Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the advice and information that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

Ashton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ashton Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find the same information for anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information fast if you have your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Ashton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Ashton Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you have to answer some basic questions, like your full name, address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to make a phone call 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 be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged takes from 15 minutes to all day long. So, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate needs to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Ashton Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s name to the Ashton Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will be entered in the visitation log as an authorized visitor. All visitors is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Ashton Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the facility at 208-652-3987 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Ashton Police Jail you have to first have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Ashton Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of 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 Ashton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ashton 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 Ashton 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 Ashton 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 arrest warrants online or call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file containing a court docket and any documents filed in your case. You are able to access court records online, or at the Fremont County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Ashton Police Jail inmates are always changing, so we suggest that you review the Ashton Police Jail website before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ashton 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 Ashton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 208-652-3987 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 Ashton Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of 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 items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products such as 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 Ashton 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 costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 208-652-3987

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the 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 Ashton Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 figuring out how to decrease 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 calling 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. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail 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 Ashton Police Jail, click the link below.

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