Auglaize County Jail

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The Auglaize County Jail is located at 1051 Dearbaugh Avenue in Wapakoneta, OH and is a medium security county jail operated by the Auglaize County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything a person needs to know about the Auglaize County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Auglaize County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and tips that you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask it, and any tips or comments that would help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Auglaize County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Auglaize County Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who have been arrested, including custody status, and visiting hours. You can find the same information for anyone booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information fast if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Auglaize County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Auglaize County Jail includes the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you have to answer a number of questions, like your full name, your address, birthdate and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to use the telephone 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 wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process may take between 10 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, it will depend on if you have a cash bond or if a judge still needs to decide on your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a date of your release, plan to get released in the morning.

Auglaize County Jail Visitation

Inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Auglaize County Jail in advance. Your visitors will go into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor has to provide identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at (419) 739-6575 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Auglaize County 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 with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Auglaize County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 Auglaize County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Auglaize County 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 Auglaize County 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 Auglaize County 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 think you might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Auglaize County court website or you can call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Auglaize County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records online, or at the Auglaize County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail are always changing, so be sure to visit the Auglaize County Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Auglaize County 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 Auglaize County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (419) 739-6575 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 Auglaize County Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want 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 items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Auglaize County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are much more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (419) 739-6575

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all phone calls that inmates make 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 Auglaize County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 jail 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 Auglaize County Jail, click the link below.

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