Major County Jail

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The Major County Jail is located at 500 East Broadway in Fairview, OK and is a medium security county jail operated by the Major County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you info about everything you might want to know about the Major County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and advice that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Major County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Major County Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get information on anybody who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Major County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Major County Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will answer some simple questions, such as your legal name, your address, date of birth and contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you use the telephone to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster bail is posted, the faster you can get released from jail. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge must determine how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Major County Jail Visitation

The inmate have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Major County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be entered into the log as an authorized visitor. All visitors is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so call the jail at (580) 227-4471 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Major County Jail you must be on their approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Major County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 magazines to an inmate at the Major County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Major 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 Major 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 Major 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 might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the Major County jail website or you can 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 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 name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Major County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record 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 funds to Major County Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so it would be best to visit the Major County Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Major 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 Major County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (580) 227-4471 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 Major County Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from 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 inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Major County Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. 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 every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get reduced or forbidden completely.

The Major County Jail phone number is: (580) 227-4471

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 get to set the prices. The profits 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 Major County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 lower your inmates phone charges is 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 a lot of money 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 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 Major County Jail, click the link below.

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