Independence Police Jail

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The Independence Police Jail is located at 240 Monmouth Street in Independence, OR and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Independence Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Independence Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you info you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Independence Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Independence Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to get information for anyone booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you have the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Independence Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Independence Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer some questions, like your full name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the magistrate 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. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, you should expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Independence Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give information about each visitor to the Independence Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be put in the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so you should call the official Independence Police Jail at 503-838-1214 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Independence Police Jail you must be on the inmate’s approved 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.

No mobile phones at Independence Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually 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 a 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 Independence Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Independence 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 Independence 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 Independence 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry online or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail might change, so you should review the Independence Police Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Independence 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 Independence Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 503-838-1214 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 Independence Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want 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 inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Independence Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 503-838-1214

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 Independence Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 figuring 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly 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 these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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