Stephens County Jail

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The Stephens County Jail is located at 101 South 11th Street in Duncan, OK and is a medium security county jail operated by the Stephens County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Stephens County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Stephens County court records, and lots more.

Top 10 Searches for Stephens County Jail

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4. Stephens County Jail Visitation Rules
5. Stephens County Jail Visitation Hours
6. How To Save Money on Inmate Calls at Stephens County Jail
7. Stephens County Jail Care Packages
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Stephens County Jail
10. How to Search Stephens County Arrest Records

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and tips that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Stephens County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Stephens County Jail Inmate Lookup has information about people currently in custody, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find information for anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate the information fast if you enter their full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Stephens County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Stephens County Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your legal name, your address, birthdate and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you 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 you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process takes anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to determine 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 have a discharge date, plan to get released that morning.

Stephens County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Stephens County Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will go in a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Stephens County Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the facility at (580) 255-0651 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Stephens County Jail you have to be added to their visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Stephens County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Stephens County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Stephens 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 Stephens 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 Stephens 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 might have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the website or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, 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 jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that includes a court docket and all documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records online, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to the Stephens County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Stephens County Jail jail inmates are always changing, so review the Stephens County Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Stephens 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 Stephens County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (580) 255-0651 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 Stephens County Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want 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 items that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Stephens County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (580) 255-0651

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Stephens County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 learning how to lower 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their 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 Stephens County Jail, click the link below.

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