East Canton Police Jail

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The East Canton Police Jail is located at 130 South Cedar Street in East Canton, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the East Canton Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything you might need to know about the East Canton Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the East Canton Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give info that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, just ask it, and also any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others would be appreciated.

East Canton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The East Canton Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to get the same information on anyone booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their inmate information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

East Canton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the East Canton Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

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

You will be allowed to use the telephone to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take between 30 minutes to all day. In other words the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get let go. It also depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge has to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

East Canton Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list each visitor’s full name to the East Canton Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will go into the visitors log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so call the facility at 330-488-0220 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the East Canton Police Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at East Canton Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other 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 will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the East Canton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the East Canton 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 East Canton 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 East Canton 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Stark County jail website or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Stark County jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a court docket and all filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail are always changing, so we suggest that you visit the East Canton Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at East Canton 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 East Canton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 330-488-0220 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 East Canton Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, 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 sufficient funds in their trust 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 East Canton Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden completely.

The East Canton Police Jail phone number is: 330-488-0220

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 East Canton Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases 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 East Canton Police Jail, click the link below.

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