Fife Police Jail

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The Fife Police Jail is located at 3737 Pacific Highway East in Fife, WA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Fife Police Department.

This site tells you info about anything a person needs to know about the Fife Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Fife Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the advice and information you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that might help other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Fife Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fife Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who have been arrested, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find the same information for anyone arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information quicker if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Fife Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Fife Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some questions, like what is your full name, home address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to make a phone call in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get out of jail. It also will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Fife Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide information about each visitor to the Fife Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will go into a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors is required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so call the official Fife Police Jail at 253-922-6633 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Fife Police Jail you must have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Fife Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 under the age of 18 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 Fife Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fife 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 Fife 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 Fife 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Pierce County court website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Pierce County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Fife Police Jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you review the Fife Police Jail website before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fife 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 Fife Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 253-922-6633 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 Fife Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products such as 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 Fife Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . 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 there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, phone privileges may be limited or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 253-922-6633

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Fife Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 figuring out how to lower 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on calling your inmate. In some cases, 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 or prison has set their phone call 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 Fife Police Jail, click the link below.

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