Ottawa Police Jail

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The Ottawa Police Jail is located at 203 North Main Street in Ottawa, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Glandorf Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Ottawa Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the advice and information that you need to make going to jail easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Ottawa Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ottawa Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to find the same information for anyone booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their inmate information faster if you have their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Ottawa Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Ottawa Police Jail includes each of these steps:

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

The first step is that you have to answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to use the phone in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to 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 pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the faster you post bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. Also, it might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge must figure out how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Ottawa Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must list information about each visitor to the Ottawa Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered into a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Ottawa Police Jail change often, so you should call the facility at 419-538-7171 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Ottawa Police Jail you must be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Ottawa Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not related to 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 Ottawa Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ottawa 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 Ottawa 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 Ottawa 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 for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the Putnam County court website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Putnam County jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket and any filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at the Putnam County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. Go to the Putnam County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail are always changing, so review the Ottawa Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ottawa 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 Ottawa Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 419-538-7171 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 Ottawa Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Ottawa Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are typically more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but bear 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, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely.

The Ottawa Police Jail phone number is: 419-538-7171

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Ottawa Police Jail. The prices 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 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 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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