Omaha Police Jail

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The Omaha Police Jail is located at 505 South 15Th Street in Omaha, NE and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Omaha Police Department – Headquarters.

This page will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Omaha Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Omaha Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you info that you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that might help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Omaha Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Omaha Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and visiting schedule. You can find the same information for anybody who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information faster if you have your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Omaha Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some questions, like what is your legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to use the telephone to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process can take anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the faster you can get out of jail. It also might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to decide on the bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Omaha Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s full name to the Omaha Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so make sure that you call the jail at 402-444-5818 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Omaha Police Jail you must first have your name on their visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Omaha Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 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 Omaha Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Omaha 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 Omaha 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 Omaha 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 might have an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the 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. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Douglas County jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that contains a docket and any documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the Douglas County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of someone’s criminal background. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Omaha Police Jail change frequently, so be sure to review the Omaha Police Jail website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Omaha 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 Omaha Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 402-444-5818 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 Omaha Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Omaha Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are much pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden.

The Omaha Police Jail phone number is: 402-444-5818

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Omaha Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, 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 can save you money.

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

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