Lincoln County Jail

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The Lincoln County Jail is located at 251 West Olive Street Newport in Newport, OR and is a medium security county jail operated by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about everything related to the Lincoln County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Lincoln County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information you need to make going to jail easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that would help others is appreciated.

Lincoln County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lincoln County Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find the same information for anybody booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their inmate information fast if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Lincoln County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Lincoln County Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

You must answer some basic questions, like what is your full name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take from 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the faster you will get released. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate has to determine the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Lincoln County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Lincoln County Jail in advance of the visit. This information will go in the visitors log for the inmate. Each and every visitor must provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Lincoln County Jail change often, so we suggest that you call the facility at (541) 265-4277 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Lincoln County Jail you have to first be added to their approved visitation list.

Make 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.

No cellphones at Lincoln County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the 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 younger than 18 years old 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Lincoln County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Lincoln County Jail inmates can change at any time, so you should review the Lincoln County Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lincoln 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 Lincoln County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (541) 265-4277 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 Lincoln County Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, 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 money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products including 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 Lincoln County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: (541) 265-4277

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all 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 Lincoln County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 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 how much it costs you to call 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 phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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