Donnelsville Police Jail

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The Donnelsville Police Jail is located at 15 South Hampton Road in Donnelsville, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Donnelsville Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about everything a person needs to know about the Donnelsville Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Donnelsville Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the advice and information you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Donnelsville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Donnelsville Police Jail Inmate List has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info about anyone processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their inmate information more quickly if you enter their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Donnelsville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Donnelsville Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

You will answer a number of questions, like your full name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to use the phone so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes anywhere between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you can get out of jail. Also, it depends on whether you have a bond amount or if a judge must figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, you should expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Donnelsville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Donnelsville Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be put in the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor has to provide identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Donnelsville Police Jail frequently change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 937-882-1375 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Donnelsville Police Jail you have to have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take 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 are allowed at Donnelsville Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they must 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Donnelsville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Donnelsville 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 Donnelsville 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 Donnelsville 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, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Clark County jail website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that contains a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Donnelsville Police Jail change frequently, so be sure to review the Donnelsville Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Donnelsville 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 Donnelsville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 937-882-1375 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 Donnelsville Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their 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

All phone calls from the Donnelsville Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are much more costly 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 lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 937-882-1375

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Donnelsville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances 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 cases like this, the facility has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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