Garden County Jail

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The Garden County Jail is located at 611 Main Street in Oshkosh, NE and is a medium security county jail operated by the Garden County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Garden County Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Garden County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to others is much appreciated.

Garden County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Garden County Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who have been arrested, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get info on anyone arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Garden County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Garden County Jail is made up of the following steps:

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

You must answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full legal name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you make a phone call to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process takes anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will be freed. Also, it might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate has to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to get released in the morning.

Garden County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Garden County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go in a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at (308) 772-3540 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Garden County Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Garden County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 Garden County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Garden 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 Garden 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 Garden 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the website or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. 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 the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Garden County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file containing a court docket and any of the documents filed in your case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Garden County Jail can change at any time, so it would be best to double check the Garden County Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Garden 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 Garden County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (308) 772-3540 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 Garden County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items 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

All phone calls from the Garden County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are usually more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (308) 772-3540

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Garden County Jail. The rates 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 calling your inmate. In some cases, 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 call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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