Washougal Police Jail

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The Washougal Police Jail is located at 1320 A Street in Washougal, WA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Washougal Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Washougal Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Washougal Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail 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 might be beneficial to others would be appreciated.

Washougal Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Washougal Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals currently in custody, including status, and visiting hours. You can get info for anybody who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find their inmate information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Washougal Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Washougal Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you must answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged may take between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will be freed. Also, it depends on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to figure out your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Washougal Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Washougal Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will go into a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. All visitors has to provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so call the facility at 360-835-8701 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Washougal Police Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Washougal Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the 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 the 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 Washougal Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Washougal 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 Washougal 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 Washougal 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 can access arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep 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 have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Clark County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that contains a court docket and all documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access the court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail could change, so it would be best to double check the Washougal Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Washougal 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 Washougal Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 360-835-8701 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 Washougal Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, 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 enough money in their commissary 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Washougal Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Washougal Police Jail phone number is: 360-835-8701

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Washougal Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 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 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 in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, 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 Washougal Police Jail, click the link below.

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