Clatskanie Police Jail

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The Clatskanie Police Jail is located at 195 Southeast 2Nd Street in Clatskanie, OR and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Clatskanie Police Department.

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

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make the process a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask them, and any tips or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Clatskanie Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Clatskanie Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who have been arrested, which includes status, and visiting hours. You can get info about anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information fast if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Clatskanie Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Clatskanie Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you will answer some simple questions, like your full name, your address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will be freed. Also, it can depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, you should plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Clatskanie Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s name to the Clatskanie Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered in a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Every visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Clatskanie Police Jail frequently change, so you should call the jail at 503-728-2145 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Clatskanie Police Jail you have to be on their approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Clatskanie Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Clatskanie Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Clatskanie 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 Clatskanie 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 Clatskanie 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file containing a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the 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 maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Clatskanie Police Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so we suggest that you check the Clatskanie Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Clatskanie 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 Clatskanie Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 503-728-2145 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 Clatskanie Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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, in addition to personal 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

The only phone calls that Clatskanie Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are generally 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 that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated altogether.

The Clatskanie Police Jail phone number is: 503-728-2145

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all 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 Clatskanie Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances 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 inmate 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 Clatskanie Police Jail, click the link below.

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