Lincoln County OR Jail

Lincoln County OR 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: 541-265-4277

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Lincoln County OR Jail is a medium-security detention center located at 251 W Olive St Newport, OR which is operated locally by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Lincoln County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Newport Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

PROGRAMS: Sometimes special seminars are offered and will be announced or posted in the pod. You may not start a seminar late (after it has already run ½ day, etc.). You may quit a seminar, but once you quit you may not return.

BECOMING AN INMATE WORKER 1. Send an inmate worker application request on the kiosk. 2. Requirements to be a worker: a) Be sentenced and eligible to earn work time, or wish to volunteer. Inmates who volunteer do so knowing they will receive no time off at all for their work. b) Demonstrate good behavior prior to applying. This means having no major violations for two weeks and no more than two major violations during your present incarceration time. Good behavior also includes having no more than five coaching memos, verbal warnings or minor violations combined (during the past two weeks), and no more than ten coaching memos, verbal warnings or minor violations during your present incarceration time. c) Inmates on any type of segregation are not eligible to work. d) Your criminal history will be considered. Some work assignment restrictions may be imposed. e) You will be required to undergo a physical exam. Medical will notify corrections staff if you are not medically acceptable to be an inmate worker. They will set any limitations needed on your work such as lifting, serving food, or standing for long periods of time. f) If you have more than the allowed number of violations listed above, the requirement may be waived by administrative decision. 3. Your application will be reviewed, including your behavior, attitude, criminal history, current charge(s) and any hold(s). A supervisor may deny your application if they feel you do not meet the requirements. 4. You will not be cleared to be a worker if you take chronic pain meds. 5. Realize that because you have submitted an application does not guarantee you a position as an inmate worker, nor does the fact that you may be sentenced and eligible to earn work time. This is strictly an administrative decision, and not a right or entitlement.

COMMISSARY: Sales, refunds, limits and restrictions are set by the commissary vendor in conjunction with jail administration. You will be charged a fee for the incoming commissary pack and other services you receive. If you have no money you will have a negative account balance. A portion of incoming funds will be put toward your negative balance. If you have less than $1.00 for 7 days or longer, you may order indigent commissary. Indigents may submit one commissary order per week. Obtain order and delivery information from your pod deputy. If you are on disciplinary segregation, your choice of items to order will be greatly reduced. The commissary you buy is your property. You can’t trade, sell, barter, gamble or give it away. If you order commissary and are released before it arrives, you have 72 hours after delivery to pick it up. You forfeit commissary that you do not pick up in time.

PHONE SYSTEM: If you have money on your phone account, you can make calls to home, business, or cell phones. You can place direct calls, 800 calls, but no collect calls. If your family or friends on the outside have money in their account (inmatecanteen.com), they can call you in your housing unit. Some local attorney calls are free if that attorney has opted to receive direct calls from Lincoln County Jail. Credit cards, calling cards, three-way calling, call forwarding may not be used. Do NOT allow other inmates to use your phone account. If you do, your account and theirs can be suspended. Support for phone problems is located on the kiosk.

Inmates on disciplinary segregation or consecutive lockdowns are not allowed to use the phone. The inmate telephone system records and monitors all calls, emails and video visits with the exception of legal calls/email/visits between an attorney and his/her representative and a client. Inmates in the Lincoln County Jail have no expectation of privacy in their personal telephone calls/emails/visits. Your use of any telephone in the jail constitutes your consent to recording and monitoring. Inmate phone calls/emails/visits may be monitored and recorded at any time and this information may be used in either disciplinary or criminal proceedings.

Lincoln County Jail – INMATE HANDBOOK

visitation Info

Lincoln County OR Jail – Visitation

VISITING: Any visit may be stopped for safety or security reasons.

1. Social visits – All social visits will be via video.

2. Social visits via video will be monitored by correctional staff may be monitored and recorded at any time and this information may be used in either disciplinary or criminal proceedings.

3. Attorneys may visit at any time except mandatory lockdown times.

4. Pastors may only visit at designated times for no more than 30 minutes per inmate. You may attend attorney or pastor visits if you are on any segregation status.

5. Visits from other agencies, such as Service to Children and Families, are allowed. An attorney booth may be used if there are papers to be delivered or signed, or the issue to be discussed is confidential. 6. Special visits are granted by the supervisor in extremely rare cases.