Chelan County Jail

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The Chelan County Jail is located at 401 Washington Street in Wenatchee, WA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Chelan County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Chelan County Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Chelan County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Chelan County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer info that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Chelan County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Chelan County Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of people who have been arrested, including current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find the same information on anybody who has been arrested or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate the information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Chelan County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you have to answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full legal name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to make a telephone call so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take from 15 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. It also depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge has to figure out how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Chelan County Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Chelan County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put in a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor will have to provide identification. Anyone arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so we suggest that you call the official Chelan County Jail at (509) 667-6462 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Chelan County Jail you must have your name on their approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Chelan County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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, the minor 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 magazines to an inmate at the Chelan County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Chelan 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 Chelan 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 Chelan 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can check the court records online or call the jail directly. 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. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Chelan County jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in the case. You can access court records on the website, or at the Chelan County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates might change, so be sure to double check the Chelan County Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Chelan 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 Chelan County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (509) 667-6462 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 Chelan County Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Chelan County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are much more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls may be limited or cut altogether.

The Chelan County Jail phone number is: (509) 667-6462

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make 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 Chelan County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower 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 inmate phone calls. 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 these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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