Cuyahoga County Jail

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The Cuyahoga County Jail is located at 1215 West 3rd Street in Cleveland, OH and is a medium security county jail operated by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Cuyahoga County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer info that you’ll need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that could help others will be welcome.

Cuyahoga County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Cuyahoga County Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who are in jail, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get info on anyone booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information quicker if you enter their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Cuyahoga County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Cuyahoga County Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will answer a bunch of questions, like what is your legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will be allowed to make a phone call to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process takes anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge must decide on how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, you should plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Cuyahoga County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list each visitor’s name to the Cuyahoga County Jail before you can visit. This information will go in a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so make sure that you call the facility at (216) 443-6000 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Cuyahoga County Jail you must first 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 because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Cuyahoga County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Cuyahoga County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Cuyahoga 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 Cuyahoga 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 Cuyahoga 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Cuyahoga County jail website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Cuyahoga County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are 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 case file that includes a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records online, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail can change at any time, so double check the Cuyahoga County Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Cuyahoga 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 Cuyahoga County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (216) 443-6000 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 Cuyahoga County Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from 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 buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Cuyahoga County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: (216) 443-6000

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from all 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 Cuyahoga County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 figuring out how to lower 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 prisons or jails 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 jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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