Continental Police Jail

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The Continental Police Jail is located at 102 North Main Street in Continental, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Continental Police Department.

This site tells you info about anything you might want to know about the Continental Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Putnam County court records, and much more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that might help others is much appreciated.

Continental Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Continental Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get the same information for anyone arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Continental Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Continental Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

The first step is that you will answer some questions, such as what is your full name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to use the phone in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process will take from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. It also will depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, you should plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Continental Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide each visitor’s name to the Continental Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be put into the log as an approved visitor. All visitors has to provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Continental Police Jail can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 419-596-3833 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Continental Police Jail you have to first have your name on their visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Continental Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 Continental Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Continental 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 Continental 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 Continental 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 can find out by checking the court records on the Putnam County court website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their 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, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Putnam County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Continental Police Jail jail inmates could change, so it would be best to double check the Continental Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Continental 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 Continental Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 419-596-3833 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 Continental Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably 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 products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items 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 Continental Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, 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 are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Continental Police Jail phone number is: 419-596-3833

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Continental Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different 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 decrease 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, 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 Continental Police Jail, click the link below.

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