Powell Police Jail

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The Powell Police Jail is located at 47 Hall Street in Powell, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Powell Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Powell Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information that you’ll need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and any tips or comments that could be a benefit to others will be welcome.

Powell Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Powell Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can get information about anybody arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information fast if you have their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Powell Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Powell Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

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

First, you will have to answer some simple questions, such as what is your full name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given 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 released.

You will get to use the telephone in order to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process can take anywhere between 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get let go. It also depends on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge must figure out the bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Powell Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Powell Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be entered into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Powell Police Jail change often, so call the official Powell Police Jail at 614-885-5005 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Powell Police Jail you have to have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Powell Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 of age 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 Powell Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Powell 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 Powell 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 Powell 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 are able to check the arrest warrants on the Delaware County court website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Delaware County jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file containing a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your case. You can access court records on the internet, or at the Delaware County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Powell Police Jail jail inmates are always changing, so be sure to visit the Powell Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Powell 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 Powell Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 614-885-5005 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 Powell Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products including 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 Powell Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, phone calls might get cut back or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 614-885-5005

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, 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 Powell Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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