Sequoyah County Jail

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The Sequoyah County Jail is located at 119 South Oak in Sallisaw, OK and is a medium security county jail operated by the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Sequoyah County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer advice and information you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any tips or comments that would be a benefit to others would be appreciated.

Sequoyah County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sequoyah County Jail Inmate Search has information about people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get info about anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get their inmate information quicker if you have their name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Sequoyah County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Sequoyah County Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you have to answer some basic questions, like what is your legal name, your address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to make a telephone call so you can talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must figure out how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to get discharged in the morning.

Sequoyah County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Sequoyah County Jail before you can visit. This information will be put into the log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor is required to provide identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so we suggest that you call the official Sequoyah County Jail at (918) 775-9155 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Sequoyah County Jail you have to first be added to their approved visitation list.

Be sure to take 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 are allowed at Sequoyah County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such 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 under the age of 18 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 magazines to an inmate at the Sequoyah County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sequoyah 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 Sequoyah 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 Sequoyah 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 for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Keep in mind 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 possibly an arrest date, contact the Sequoyah County jail, on the phone, 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, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at the Sequoyah County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Sequoyah County Jail could change, so be sure to check the Sequoyah County Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sequoyah 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 Sequoyah County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (918) 775-9155 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 Sequoyah County Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need 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 items that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Sequoyah County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but you 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 and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or totally denied.

The Sequoyah County Jail phone number is: (918) 775-9155

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 Sequoyah County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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. In some cases, we will not 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 facility has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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