Saint Bernard Police Jail

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The Saint Bernard Police Jail is located at 4700 Vine Street in Saint Bernard, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Saint Bernard Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Saint Bernard Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information that you need to make the process easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to others would be welcome.

Saint Bernard Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Saint Bernard Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find info about anyone arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to get the information more quickly if you have their name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Saint Bernard Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Saint Bernard Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you have to answer some basic questions, such as your full name, your address, birth date and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you make a telephone call in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. This process may take anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you have a bond amount or if a judge still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the date of your release, expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Saint Bernard Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Saint Bernard Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will go in a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the facility at 513-242-2727 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Saint Bernard Police Jail you must first be on their visitation list.

Be 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 at Saint Bernard Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally 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 old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Saint Bernard Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Saint Bernard 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 Saint Bernard 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 Saint Bernard 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 are able to check the arrest warrants on the Hamilton County court website or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Hamilton County jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access court records online, or at the Hamilton County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to the Hamilton County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Saint Bernard Police Jail inmates change frequently, so be sure to check the Saint Bernard Police Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Saint Bernard 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 Saint Bernard Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 513-242-2727 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 Saint Bernard Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates 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 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 Saint Bernard Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are usually pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden.

The Saint Bernard Police Jail phone number is: 513-242-2727

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control 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 Saint Bernard Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where 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 facility has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Saint Bernard Police Jail, click the link below.

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