Gans Police Jail

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The Gans Police Jail is located at 209 East Cherokee Street in Gans, OK and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Gans Police Department.

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

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that might be beneficial to others will be welcome.

Gans Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Gans Police Jail Inmate Search has information about people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can find information about anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can find their inmate information fast if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Gans Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Gans Police Jail takes you through each of these 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 questions, like what is your full legal name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to use the phone in order to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process may take from 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the sooner you will be released. It also depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to decide on your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the discharge date, expect to get discharged that morning.

Gans Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s full name to the Gans Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be put in a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so you should call the official Gans Police Jail at 918-775-4807 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Gans Police Jail you must be added to their visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Gans Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Gans Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Gans 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 Gans 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 Gans 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Sequoyah County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records online, or at the Sequoyah County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to the Sequoyah County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, 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 Gans Police Jail jail inmates change frequently, so it would be best to visit the Gans Police Jail website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Gans 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 Gans Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 918-775-4807 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 Gans Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember 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 an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Gans Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about 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 a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden.

The Gans Police Jail phone number is: 918-775-4807

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 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 Gans Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their 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 Gans Police Jail, click the link below.

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