Wood County Jail

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The Wood County Jail is located at 1960 East Gypsy Lane Road in Bowling Green, OH and is a medium security county jail operated by the Wood County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything related to the Wood County Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Wood County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Wood County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and advice that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that would be a benefit to others would be appreciated.

Wood County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Wood County Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get info on anyone processed or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can find their inmate information fast if you enter their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Wood County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Wood County Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You must answer a number of questions, like your full name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

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

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process takes from 30 minutes to many hours. So, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a release date, expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Wood County Jail Visitation

The inmate must provide each visitor’s name to the Wood County Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will go into a Visiting log for the inmate. Every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Wood County Jail change often, so make sure that you call the facility at (419) 354-7744 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Wood County Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Wood County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Wood County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Wood 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 Wood 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 Wood 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the court records online or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Wood County Jail inmates can change at any time, so it would be best to review the Wood County Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Wood 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 Wood County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (419) 354-7744 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 Wood County Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like 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 purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items 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

All phone calls from the Wood County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, phone calls might get reduced or cut altogether.

The Wood County Jail phone number is: (419) 354-7744

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Wood County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 finding 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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