Waimea Police Jail

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The Waimea Police Jail is located at 9835 Kaumualii Highway in Waimea, HI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Kaui Police Department – Waimea Division.

This page tells you all the information about anything you might need to know about the Waimea Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Kauai County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the advice and information you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others would be appreciated.

Waimea Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Waimea Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people currently in custody, including custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find information for anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate the information quicker if you’ve got their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Waimea Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Waimea Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

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

First you will answer some questions, such as your full name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. 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 in order to call family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will be released. Also, how fast you get released depends on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate must determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the discharge date, expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Waimea Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Waimea Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will go in the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The Waimea Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 808-338-1831 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Waimea Police Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

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

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

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 under the age of 18 and is not related to 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 Waimea Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Waimea 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 Waimea 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 Waimea 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 access arrest warrants inquiry on the Kauai County court website or you can call the court. 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. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding 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 Kauai County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access your court records online, or at the Kauai County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you review the Waimea Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Waimea 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 Waimea Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 808-338-1831 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 Waimea Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need 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 products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

All phone calls from the Waimea Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 808-338-1831

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every 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 off of 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 Waimea 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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