Snohomish County Jail

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The Snohomish County Jail is located at 3025 Oakes Avenue in Everett, WA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Snohomish County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Snohomish County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and advice that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that would be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

Snohomish County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Snohomish County Jail Inmate Search is an online list of individuals who are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find the same information for anybody arrested and booked or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find the information fast if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Snohomish County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Snohomish County Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will answer a bunch of questions, like what is your legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to use the phone so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process takes anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you can post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. It also will depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate has to figure out the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the discharge date, you should plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Snohomish County Jail Visitation

The inmate have to provide information about each visitor to the Snohomish County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will go in a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the official Snohomish County Jail at (425) 388-3395 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Snohomish County Jail you have to have your name on their 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 at Snohomish County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 the 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Snohomish County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Snohomish 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.

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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 Snohomish 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 Snohomish 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 think you have an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the court records on the Snohomish County jail website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Snohomish County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to the Snohomish County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Snohomish County Jail change frequently, so you should double check the Snohomish County Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Snohomish 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 Snohomish County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (425) 388-3395 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 Snohomish County Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, 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 enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Snohomish County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls might get cut back or cut altogether.

The Snohomish County Jail phone number is: (425) 388-3395

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Snohomish County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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