Bainbridge Island Police Jail

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The Bainbridge Island Police Jail is located at 625 Winslow Way East in Bainbridge Island, WA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bainbridge Island Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about everything you might want to know about the Bainbridge Island Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Bainbridge Island Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Bainbridge Island Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bainbridge Island Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find info on anyone booked or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can get the information fast if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Bainbridge Island Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Bainbridge Island Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you must answer some questions, like what is your full name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued 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 released.

They will allow you to use the phone in order to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process takes between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get released. It also will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, you should expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Bainbridge Island Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Bainbridge Island Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will go into the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor must provide proof of identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so call the facility at 206-842-5211 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Bainbridge Island Police Jail you have to first be added to their visitation list.

Be 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 phones are allowed at Bainbridge Island Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If the 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 of age and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor 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 Bainbridge Island Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bainbridge Island 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 Bainbridge Island 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 Bainbridge Island 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 might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access court records on the Kitsap County court website or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Kitsap County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to the Kitsap County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail is likely to change, so it would be best to check the Bainbridge Island Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bainbridge Island 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 Bainbridge Island Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 206-842-5211 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 Bainbridge Island Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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, as well as personal 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

The only phone calls that Bainbridge Island Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot pricier than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 206-842-5211

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 get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Bainbridge Island Police 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 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 state prisons and local jails finding 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 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 will not 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 jail or prison has set their inmate 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 Bainbridge Island Police Jail, click the link below.

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