Pauls Valley Police Jail

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The Pauls Valley Police Jail is located at 215 North Walnut Street in Pauls Valley, OK and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Pauls Valley Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about anything you might need to know about the Pauls Valley Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Pauls Valley Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Pauls Valley Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Pauls Valley Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about people who have been arrested, which includes status, and visiting hours. You can get the same information on anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Pauls Valley Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Pauls Valley Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer a number of questions, like what is your legal name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone so you can call family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process may take between 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get discharged. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge has to determine your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Pauls Valley Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give information about each visitor to the Pauls Valley Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be put into the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so make sure that you call the jail at 405-238-5531 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Pauls Valley Police Jail you must first have your name on their approved visitation list.

Make 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 cellphones at Pauls Valley Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 under the age of 18 and is not related to 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 magazines to an inmate at the Pauls Valley Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Pauls Valley 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 Pauls Valley 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 Pauls Valley 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access court records online or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that includes a court docket and all documents and filings filed in your case. You can access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction 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 histories from any other state. You are able to go to the Garvin County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug 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 rules for sending money to people in jail can change at any time, so you should visit the Pauls Valley Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Pauls Valley 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 Pauls Valley Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 405-238-5531 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 Pauls Valley Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need 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 purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Pauls Valley Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, phone calls could be reduced or totally denied.

The Pauls Valley Police Jail phone number is: 405-238-5531

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of 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 Pauls Valley Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 figuring out 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 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. In some cases, we won’t 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 jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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