Butler County Jail

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The Butler County Jail is located at 705 Hanover Street in Hamilton, OH and is a medium security county jail operated by the Butler County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Butler County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Butler County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer info that you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that might help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Butler County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Butler County Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals currently in custody, including custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to find info for anyone arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information fast if you’ve got their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Butler County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Butler County Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

First you must answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to use the phone so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged may take from 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will be released. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to get discharged that morning.

Butler County Jail Visitation

The inmate have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Butler County Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the official Butler County Jail at (513) 785-1033 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Butler County Jail you must have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Butler County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Butler County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Butler 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 Butler 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 Butler 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access court records on the website or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Butler County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to the Butler County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history 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 they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Butler County Jail inmates is likely to change, so it would be best to check the Butler County Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Butler 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 Butler County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (513) 785-1033 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 Butler County Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need 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 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 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 Butler County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are much pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or totally denied.

The Butler County Jail phone number is: (513) 785-1033

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of 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 Butler County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 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 calling 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 circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone call 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 Butler County Jail, click the link below.

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