Lake Forest Park Police Jail

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The Lake Forest Park Police Jail is located at 17425 Ballinger Way Northeast in Lake Forest Park, WA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lake Forest Park Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Lake Forest Park Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Lake Forest Park Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer info that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Lake Forest Park Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lake Forest Park Police Jail Inmate Search has information about people currently in custody, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get the same information on anyone booked or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information faster if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Lake Forest Park Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Lake Forest Park Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere between 15 minutes to all day long. So, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get let go. It also will depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to decide on your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to be discharged in the morning.

Lake Forest Park Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s name to the Lake Forest Park Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Each visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so it would be wise to call the facility at 206-364-8216 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Lake Forest Park Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Lake Forest Park Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 the 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Lake Forest Park Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lake Forest Park Police 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 Lake Forest Park Police 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 Lake Forest Park Police 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check court records on the King County jail website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear 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, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the King County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file that contains a court docket and any documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at the King County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Lake Forest Park Police Jail jail inmates might change, so review the Lake Forest Park Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lake Forest Park Police 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 Lake Forest Park Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 206-364-8216 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 Lake Forest Park Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use 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 purchase if they have sufficient funds in their 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

All phone calls from the Lake Forest Park Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 206-364-8216

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each 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 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 Lake Forest Park Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 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 has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Lake Forest Park Police Jail, click the link below.

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