Spokane County Jail

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The Spokane County Jail is located at 1116 West Broadway Avenue in Spokane, WA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Spokane County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you info about everything you might need to know about the Spokane County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give info that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that would help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Spokane County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Spokane County Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find information for anyone booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Spokane County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you have to answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, street address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to make a telephone call to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the faster you will be freed. Also, it will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate must figure out the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Spokane County Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide information about each visitor to the Spokane County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. All visitors will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Spokane County Jail frequently change, so you should call the facility at (509) 477-2278 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Spokane County Jail you have to first be added to their approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Spokane County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 under the age of 18 and is not related to 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 Spokane County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Spokane 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 Spokane 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 Spokane 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check court records on the Spokane County court website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know 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 the date of their arrest, contact the Spokane County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any of the documents filed in the court case. You can access your court records online, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to the Spokane County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to people in jail can change at any time, so you should double check the Spokane County Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Spokane 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 Spokane County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (509) 477-2278 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 Spokane County Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Spokane 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 usually more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (509) 477-2278

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 they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Spokane County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly 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 cases like this, 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 Spokane County Jail, click the link below.

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