Ottawa County Jail

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The Ottawa County Jail is located at 28 B Street Southeast in Miami, OK and is a medium security county jail operated by the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department.

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

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information that you’ll need to make the process a lot easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Ottawa County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ottawa County Jail Inmate Search has information about people who are in jail, which includes status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get information on anyone booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get the information fast if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Ottawa County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Ottawa County Jail includes the following steps:

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

You must answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you make a phone call to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the faster you will be released. It also can depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate has to figure out the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the discharge date, expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Ottawa County Jail Visitation

The inmate have to provide information about each visitor to the Ottawa County Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the visitation log as an authorized visitor. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Ottawa County Jail are always changing, so make sure that you call the facility at (918) 542-2806 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Ottawa County Jail you have to have your name on their approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Ottawa County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 a 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 Ottawa County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ottawa 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 Ottawa 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 Ottawa 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 can check the arrest warrants on the website or call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Ottawa County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket and any filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records online, or at the Ottawa County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to the Ottawa County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail can change at any time, so review the Ottawa County Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ottawa 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 Ottawa County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (918) 542-2806 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 Ottawa County Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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

The only phone calls that Ottawa 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 costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls may be limited or forbidden completely.

The Ottawa County Jail phone number is: (918) 542-2806

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 get to set the prices. The profits off of 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 Ottawa County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 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. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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