Josephine County Jail

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The Josephine County Jail is located at 1901 NE F Street in Grants Pass, OR and is a medium security county jail operated by the Josephine County Sheriff’s Department.

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

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information and tips that you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a question, just ask it, and any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Josephine County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Josephine County Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people currently in custody, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find information about anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Josephine County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Josephine County Jail is made up of each of these steps:

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

First, you will have to answer some basic questions, such as what is your full name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to make a phone call so you can contact family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process can take anywhere between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will be freed. It also might depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the discharge date, plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Josephine County Jail Visitation

Inmates must list information about each visitor to the Josephine County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will go into a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor has to provide identification. Visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The Josephine County Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so call the jail at (541) 474-5140 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Josephine County Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Josephine County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not related to 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 Josephine County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Josephine 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 Josephine 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 Josephine 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 have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Josephine County court website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, 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 Josephine County jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the Josephine County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail could change, so it would be best to review the Josephine County Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Josephine 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 Josephine County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (541) 474-5140 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 Josephine County Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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

The only phone calls that Josephine 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 usually pricier 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 a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Josephine County Jail phone number is: (541) 474-5140

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 Josephine County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 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 or prison 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 Josephine County Jail, click the link below.

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