Coulee Dam Police Jail

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The Coulee Dam Police Jail is located at 300 Lincoln Avenue in Coulee Dam, WA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Coulee Dam Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Coulee Dam 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 everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and tips that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Coulee Dam Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Coulee Dam Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who have been arrested, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find info on anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information faster if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Coulee Dam Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Coulee Dam Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you have to answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged may take between 30 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get let go. It also might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to determine how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Coulee Dam Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list information about each visitor to the Coulee Dam Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a Visiting log for the inmate. Each visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so you should call the official Coulee Dam Police Jail at 509-633-1234 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Coulee Dam Police Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’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.

No phones at Coulee Dam Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If a 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 old and is not related to 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 Coulee Dam Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Coulee Dam 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 Coulee Dam 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 Coulee Dam 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 check arrest warrants on the Douglas County court website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should know 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 name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Douglas County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at the Douglas County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to the Douglas County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it 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 can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail can change at any time, so it would be best to double check the Coulee Dam Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Coulee Dam 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 Coulee Dam Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 509-633-1234 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 Coulee Dam Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products like 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 Coulee Dam Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are usually more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 509-633-1234

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Coulee Dam Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 decrease 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 facility has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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