Mount Sterling Police Jail

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The Mount Sterling Police Jail is located at 1 South London Street in Mount Sterling, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Mount Sterling Police Department.

This guide tells you info about everything one might want to know about the Mount Sterling Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Madison County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you advice and information that you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that would help others is much appreciated.

Mount Sterling Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mount Sterling Police Jail Inmate List has information about people currently in custody, which includes current status, and visiting hours. You can also get the same information about anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to get the information quicker if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Mount Sterling Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Mount Sterling Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

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

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take between 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if a judge still needs to determine how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Mount Sterling Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Mount Sterling Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will go into the log for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so you should call the jail at 740-869-2211 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Mount Sterling Police Jail you have to be on this person’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 Mount Sterling Police 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 prior to a 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Mount Sterling Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mount Sterling 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 Mount Sterling 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 Mount Sterling 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the Madison County court website or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Madison County jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any documents filed in your case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Mount Sterling Police Jail might change, so it would be best to review the Mount Sterling Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mount Sterling 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 Mount Sterling Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 740-869-2211 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 Mount Sterling Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their trust 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

All phone calls from the Mount Sterling Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted 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 break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls could be reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 740-869-2211

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies 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 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 Mount Sterling Police Jail. The prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to decrease 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 call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Mount Sterling Police Jail, click the link below.

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