Lake Wales Police Jail

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The Lake Wales Police Jail is located at 133 East Tillman Avenue in Lake Wales, FL and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lake Wales Police Department.

This site tells you info about everything you might need to know about the Lake Wales Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Lake Wales Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you advice and information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to others will be welcome.

Lake Wales Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lake Wales Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find info for anyone arrested and booked or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Lake Wales Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

You will answer some simple questions, such as what is your full name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you make a telephone call to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process can take between 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, it might depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if the judge needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, you should plan to be discharged that morning.

Lake Wales Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Lake Wales Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will go in the visitation log for the requesting inmate. All visitors must provide identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the jail at 863-678-4223 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Lake Wales Police Jail you must have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Lake Wales Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Lake Wales Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lake Wales 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 Lake Wales 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 Lake Wales 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 for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the Polk County court website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are 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 case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to the Polk County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Lake Wales Police Jail inmates might change, so we suggest that you check the Lake Wales Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lake Wales 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 Lake Wales Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 863-678-4223 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 Lake Wales Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use 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 products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Lake Wales Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are much more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about 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, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 863-678-4223

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control 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 Lake Wales 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 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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