Oro Valley Police Jail

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The Oro Valley Police Jail is located at 8001 North Oracle Road in Oro Valley, AZ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Oro Valley Police Department – 103 Charlie.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Oro Valley Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Oro Valley Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information that you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or feedback that would help others would be much appreciated.

Oro Valley Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Oro Valley Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals who have been arrested, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get info for anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate the information more quickly if you enter their name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Oro Valley Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Oro Valley Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you will answer a bunch of questions, like what is your legal name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you make a phone call to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged can take between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will be freed. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to figure out the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, expect to be released that morning.

Oro Valley Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give each visitor’s full name to the Oro Valley Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will be put into a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. Each visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Oro Valley Police Jail can change, so it would be wise to call the facility at 520-229-4900 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Oro Valley Police Jail you have to first have your name on their approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Oro Valley Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Oro Valley Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Oro Valley 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 Oro Valley 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 Oro Valley 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 court records on the Pima County court website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a court docket and any filings and documents filed in your case. You can access court records on their website, or at the Pima County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates could change, so we suggest that you review the Oro Valley Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Oro Valley 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 Oro Valley Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 520-229-4900 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 Oro Valley Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Oro Valley Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are typically pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Oro Valley Police Jail phone number is: 520-229-4900

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 profits from all phone calls that inmates make 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 Oro Valley Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 lower 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone 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 Oro Valley Police Jail, click the link below.

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