Selawik Police Jail

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The Selawik Police Jail is located at 99 North Tundra Street in Selawik, AK and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Selawik Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Selawik Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Selawik Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that could help others will be welcome.

Selawik Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Selawik Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find info on anyone arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their arrest information more quickly if you have their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Selawik Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Selawik Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

You will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to talk to 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 be able to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. This process can take between 15 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get released. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to decide on the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Selawik Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list each visitor’s name to the Selawik Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be entered in a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Each visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Selawik Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the jail at 907-484-3222 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

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

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Selawik Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Selawik Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Selawik 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 Selawik 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 Selawik 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the court records online or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Selawik Police Jail inmates are always changing, so review the Selawik Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Selawik 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 Selawik Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 907-484-3222 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 Selawik Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Selawik Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and 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 break the jail rules, phone calls might get reduced or cut altogether.

The Selawik Police Jail phone number is: 907-484-3222

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money 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 Selawik Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. 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 these cases, the jail 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 Selawik Police Jail, click the link below.

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