Forks Police Jail

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The Forks Police Jail is located at 500 East Division Street in Forks, WA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Forks Police Department.

This site will tell you info about everything you might want to know about the Forks Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Forks Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Clallam County court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer info that you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Forks Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Forks Police Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals currently in custody, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get information for anyone arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Forks Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

The first step is that you will answer a number of questions, such as your full name, address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you use the phone so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on if you have a cash bond or if a magistrate has to figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a date of your release, you should plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Forks Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give information about each visitor to the Forks Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be entered in the visitors log as an approved visitor. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Forks Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 360-374-2223 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Forks Police Jail you have to be added to their approved visitation list.

Make 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 cellphones at Forks Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Forks Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Forks 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 Forks 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 Forks 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 check court records on the Clallam County jail website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Clallam County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file containing a court docket and all filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates is likely to change, so it would be best to visit the Forks Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Forks 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 Forks Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 360-374-2223 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 Forks Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep 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 the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products 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 Forks Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are much more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Forks Police Jail phone number is: 360-374-2223

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Forks Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 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 prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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