Colville Police Jail

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The Colville Police Jail is located at 147 East Astor Avenue in Colville, WA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Colville Police Department.

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

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you advice and information you need to make the process easier. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any tips or comments that could help others will be much appreciated.

Colville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Colville Police Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals who are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find information about anyone who has been arrested or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get the information faster if you have your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Colville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Colville Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you must answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, street address, date of birth and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take between 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if the judge still needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the discharge date, expect to get discharged in the morning.

Colville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the Colville Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will go into a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Each and every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

The Colville Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so call the official Colville Police Jail at 509-684-2525 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Colville Police Jail you must be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Colville Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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, 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 magazines to an inmate at the Colville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Colville 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 Colville 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 Colville 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Stevens County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail change frequently, so it would be best to review the Colville Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Colville 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 Colville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 509-684-2525 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 Colville Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These items 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

All phone calls from the Colville Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on 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 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, your ability to use the phone may be limited or cut altogether.

The Colville Police Jail phone number is: 509-684-2525

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all phone calls that inmates make 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 Colville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 learning how to decrease 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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