Windham County Jail

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The Windham County Jail is located at 155 Church Street in Putnam, CT and is a medium security county jail operated by the Windham County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Windham County Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Windham County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the info that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Windham County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Windham County Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who have been arrested, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info about anybody booked or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Windham County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Windham County Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

You will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

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

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged takes between 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will be released. It also depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, expect to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Windham County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Windham County Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be entered into the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Windham County Jail visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the jail at (860) 928-5181 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Windham County Jail you must first be on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Windham County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 younger than 18 years old and is not related to 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Windham County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Windham 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 Windham 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 Windham 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 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 inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to the Windham County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates might change, so be sure to review the Windham County Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Windham 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 Windham County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (860) 928-5181 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 Windham County Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products 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

The only phone calls that Windham County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: (860) 928-5181

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money 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 Windham 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 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 finding out 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison 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 Windham County Jail, click the link below.

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