Eaton Police Jail

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The Eaton Police Jail is located at 328 North Maple Street in Eaton, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Eaton Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Eaton Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Eaton Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and 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 helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that might help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

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Who’s In Jail

The Eaton Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to get the same information on anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their inmate information fast if you enter their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Eaton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Eaton Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you must answer some questions, like your legal name, address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

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

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail can take from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate has to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, you should plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Eaton Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Eaton Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will go in the log for the inmate. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the facility at 937-456-5531 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Eaton Police Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Eaton Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Eaton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Eaton 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 Eaton 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 Eaton 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, you can access arrest warrants on the Preble County court website or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Preble County jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that contains a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access your court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Preble County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Eaton Police Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so it would be best to visit the Eaton Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Eaton 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 Eaton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 937-456-5531 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 Eaton Police Jail store. Inmates can buy 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 every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Eaton 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 typically more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted 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 every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 937-456-5531

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Eaton 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 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to lower 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. 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 these cases, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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