Moreland Hills Police Jail

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The Moreland Hills Police Jail is located at 4350 Som Center Road in Moreland Hills, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Moreland Hills Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything you might want to know about the Moreland Hills Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Moreland Hills Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Cuyahoga County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give info that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to others will be much appreciated.

Moreland Hills Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Moreland Hills Police Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and visiting hours. You can get information for anyone processed or released in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find their inmate information quicker if you enter their name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Moreland Hills Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Moreland Hills Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You have to answer some simple questions, such as what is your legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you use the telephone to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you wear your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. This process will take anywhere from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get discharged. Also, it can depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate has to determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Moreland Hills Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must give each visitor’s name to the Moreland Hills Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will go in the visitors log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so call the jail at 440-248-7585 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Moreland Hills Police Jail you must be added to this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Moreland Hills Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they will have to 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, 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 magazines to an inmate at the Moreland Hills Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Moreland Hills 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 Moreland Hills 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 Moreland Hills 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 are able to check the arrest warrants on the website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to the Cuyahoga County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail are always changing, so review the Moreland Hills Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Moreland Hills 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 Moreland Hills Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 440-248-7585 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 Moreland Hills Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products like 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 Moreland Hills Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are typically pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about 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, phone calls might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 440-248-7585

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Moreland Hills Police 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 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 figuring out how to decrease 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 prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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