Ojai Police Jail

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The Ojai Police Jail is located at 402 South Ventura Street in Ojai, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Ojai Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Ojai Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Ojai Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Ventura County court records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Ojai Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ojai Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find info on anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Ojai Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Ojai Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

The first step is that you must answer a number of questions, such as what is your legal name, address, date of birth and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to use the phone in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate has to determine the bail amount. For lesser charges, 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 release date, expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Ojai Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s name to the Ojai Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be put into the visitors log as an Authorized visit. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Ojai Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so call the jail at 805-646-1414 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Ojai Police Jail you have to be on this person’s visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Ojai 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. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they must 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Ojai Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ojai 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 Ojai 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 Ojai 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry online or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should know 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 the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file that contains a docket and any documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at the Ventura County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Ojai Police Jail is likely to change, so be sure to visit the Ojai Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ojai 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 Ojai Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 805-646-1414 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 Ojai Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Ojai Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or cut altogether.

The Ojai Police Jail phone number is: 805-646-1414

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Ojai Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 finding out 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. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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