Putnam County OH Jail

Putnam County OH Jail basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 419-523-3407

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Putnam County OH Jail is a medium-security detention center located at 1035 Heritage Trail in Ottawa, OH. This county jail is operated locally by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Putnam County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Ottawa Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

There are new detainees delivered to the jail daily, you can see arrest records here. Some are released after putting up bail, are released to a pretrial services caseload, are placed under supervision by a probation agency, or are released on their own recognizance with an agreement to appear in court. If there is no release, the inmate must wait here at the jail for their court appearance as a guest of the County, getting a bed and three square meals.

Trustees are inmates who work in the jail as cooks, as orderlies for the staff, in the laundry or in the commissary. The trustees are paid a very small amount for their time and some jail gives the trustees a few days off their sentence in exchange for their work.

When an inmate arrives in jail they are put together in a large holding cell with other inmates in the intake. While in intake they are under heightened observation. Violent and out of control inmates are segregated.

Can I Get Work Release?

Work release is when you are released from jail during the day so that you can go to work. At the end of the day, you return to jail for the night. There are a number of requirements to be able to get into the work-release program. Most programs require your employer to fill out some paperwork. If you want to get into the work release program then apply prior to being sentenced to jail. This will minimize the amount of time you spend in jail waiting to get into the program.

Can I call my family in Jail?

Putnam County OH Jail has a phone program where inmates make outbound calls only, you cannot call into jail. Since you are paying for those calls don't make it a habit of accepting collect-calls, they are over $15 each. The alternative is to set up an account through their third-party phone company which charges steep fees for each minute used. You are paying for them to call you. Click here if you are going to speak a lot and need a discount on the calls.

Remember – These phone calls are recorded and conversations can be used against you or the inmate so do not discuss your case over these phone lines.

visitation Info

Putnam County OH Jail – Visitation

Sunday inmate visitation times

Wednesday inmate visitation times

Holiday visiting hours do not change. Visitation may be canceled during emergency situations. Visiting hours are subject to change due to other situations in the facility.

• All visitors must place property, such as bags, purses, cell phones, cameras, electronic devices, etcetera, in the lockers provided in the lobby and then pass through the metal detector. All visitors are subject to a search.

• Each inmate is permitted two (2) visitors and twenty (20) minutes of visitation each Sunday and again on Wednesday. Visitors must be listed on the Visitor Request Form. This includes all adults as well as any children not related to the inmate as a dependent. All visitors over the age of eighteen (18) are required to provide a valid state issued, photo identification. It is preferred that all visitors for a particular inmate enter the visitation room at the same time.

• Two (2) children under the age of eighteen (18), related to the inmate as a dependent, are permitted to visit in addition to the two (2) visitors previously noted. No one under the age of eighteen (18) may visit unless they are listed on the Visitor Request form AND accompanied by an adult listed on the Visitor Request Form. A maximum of two (2) visitors and two (2) dependent children may visit during a visitation session.

• Visitors may be refused if they have a history of disruptive conduct, presents a threat to the security of the facility, not properly dressed, suspected of being intoxicated, unable to produce proper identification, refuse to submit to a search, the court or another officer has ordered that there be no contact between the inmate and visitor, the inmate refused the visitor at the Corrections Officer’s discretion.