Oxford County Jail

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The Oxford County Jail is located at 26 Western Avenue in South Paris, ME and is a medium security county jail operated by the Oxford County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Oxford County Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Oxford County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and tips that you’ll need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or feedback that would help others will be welcome.

Oxford County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Oxford County Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who are in jail, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get the same information on anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Oxford County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Oxford County Jail includes each of these steps:

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

First you will answer some simple questions, such as what is your full legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to use the phone to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. This process can take from 15 minutes to all day. So, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. It also depends on whether you have a cash bond or if the judge must figure out your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a release date, you should plan to be discharged in the morning.

Oxford County Jail Visitation

The inmate must give each visitor’s full name to the Oxford County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in the log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor is required to provide identification. Anyone arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so we suggest that you call the official Oxford County Jail at (207) 743-5870 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Oxford County Jail you must be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Oxford County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Oxford County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Oxford 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 Oxford 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 Oxford 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check the court records on the website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s 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 should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. Go to the Oxford County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for crimes, which include, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail are always changing, so it would be best to double check the Oxford County Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Oxford 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 Oxford County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (207) 743-5870 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 Oxford County Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need 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 purchase if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 Oxford 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 typically more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Oxford County Jail phone number is: (207) 743-5870

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 profits 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 Oxford County Jail. The prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to lower 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison 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 Oxford County Jail, click the link below.

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