Tuscarawas Police Jail

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The Tuscarawas Police Jail is located at 522 East Cherry Street in Tuscarawas, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Tuscarawas Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Tuscarawas Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Tuscarawas Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Tuscarawas County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information and tips that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Tuscarawas Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Tuscarawas Police Jail Inmate List has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. You can also get info for anyone processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Tuscarawas Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Tuscarawas Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you have to answer a number of questions, like what is your full legal name, street address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to use the telephone to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. It also will depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be released in the morning.

Tuscarawas Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name to the Tuscarawas Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will be entered into a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so call the facility at 740-922-2495 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Tuscarawas Police Jail you have to be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Tuscarawas Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not normally 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Tuscarawas Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check the court records online or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket and any of the documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Tuscarawas County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Tuscarawas Police Jail jail inmates are always changing, so be sure to check the Tuscarawas Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 740-922-2495 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 Tuscarawas Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, 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 enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Tuscarawas Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Tuscarawas Police Jail phone number is: 740-922-2495

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls 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 Tuscarawas Police Jail. The rates 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 state prisons and local 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money 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 facility 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 Tuscarawas Police Jail, click the link below.

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