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Medina County Jail Information

Address

Medina County Jail
555 Independence Drive
Medina, OH 44256

Phone Number

Phone: (330) 725-0028

The Medina County Jail is located at 555 Independence Drive in Medina, OH and is a medium security county jail operated by the Medina County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you info about everything you might want to know about the Medina County Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Medina County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

Introduction

This guide is designed to give you info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Medina County Jail Inmate Search

Do you know someone that has gone to jail and want to find them? Do you know a family member or friend who’s been arrested and you don’t know how to find them?

To look up who is in jail at the Medina County Jail you have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Medina County Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to get information on anyone processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can get their arrest information more quickly if you enter their name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Medina County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Medina County Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you will have to answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will be allowed to make a phone call to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed 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

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. This process will take from 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get out of jail. It also might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate needs to decide on the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to get released in the morning.

Medina County Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give each visitor’s name to the Medina County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will go into the log as an authorized visitor. All visitors is required to provide identification. Visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so call the facility at (330) 725-0028 before you try to go to visitation.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Medina County Jail you must first be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Medina County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Medina County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Medina County 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.

Mailing Address

If you would like to send a letter to an inmate at Medina County Jail, use this address:

Medina County Jail
555 Independence Drive
Medina, OH 44256

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Medina County Jail
555 Independence Drive
Medina, OH 44256

The mail policy at the Medina County Jail changes, so be sure to visit the official Medina County Jail site before you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Medina County 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 Medina County 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Medina County jail website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file containing a docket and all documents filed in your case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at the Medina County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail are always changing, so check the Medina County Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Medina County 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 Medina County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (330) 725-0028 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 inmateâ€™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 Medina County Jail store. You can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember 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 a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Medina County Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Medina County Jail phone number is: (330) 725-0028

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 the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls are split 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 Medina County 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 figuring out how to lower 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. 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 jail has set their inmate 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 Medina County Jail, click the link below.

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