Oneida Police Jail

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The Oneida Police Jail is located at 109 North Main Street in Oneida, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Oneida City Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything related to the Oneida Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information that you need to make going to jail easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and also any tips or comments that could help other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Oneida Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Oneida Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who are in jail, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get info for anybody who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to locate the information more quickly if you have their name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Oneida Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will get put 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 will answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process takes from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will be released. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate has to determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Oneida Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide information about each visitor to the Oneida Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the visitors log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

The Oneida Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so call the facility at 315-363-9111 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Oneida Police Jail you must have your name on this person’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 are allowed at Oneida Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 younger than 18 years old and is not related to 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 Oneida Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Oneida 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 Oneida 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 Oneida 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the Madison County jail website or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Madison County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information 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 of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Oneida Police Jail might change, so visit the Oneida Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Oneida 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 Oneida Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 315-363-9111 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 Oneida Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Oneida Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 315-363-9111

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control 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 Oneida 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 learning 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not 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 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 Oneida Police Jail, click the link below.

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