Zanesville OH Police Jail is located in the city of Zanesville, Ohio which has a population of 25,487 (as of 2016) residents. Zanesville OH Police Jail began processing inmates once the original construction was completed and service started in 1865 but may have been expanded or renovated since that time, to accommodate the growing prison population. Prisoners are housed in separate areas depending on the crimes they committed, their current risk assessment, and their behavior. This facility is currently under the supervision of Capt. Douglas Merry and houses male and female offenders.

If you have a family or loved one that is currently incarcerated at Zanesville OH Police Jail, the first thing you should do is contact the prison for information on the inmate. Based on the information you are provided, you would then contact either a criminal defense lawyer or a bail bond service. They will provide you with vital information which can be used to defend an individual and in a lot of cases get them released from detention while awaiting trial.

Zanesville OH Police Jail Facility and Inmate Contact Information:

Phone Number to Reach this Facility is:

740-455-0711

Fax Number for Zanesville OH Police Jail is:

740-455-0683

Send Mail to the Facility (not inmates):

Zanesville OH Police Jail
332 South Street
Zanesville, OH 43701

To Send Mail to an Inmate at Zanesville OH Police Jail:

(please get a list of acceptable mail from the facility)

Zanesville OH Police Jail
Inmate Name, Inmate ID #
332 South Street
Zanesville, OH 43701

Recent News for Zanesville Ohio Police Department:

February 27, 2017 - ZANESVILLE, Ohio – For everybody with noiseless simple scanners, the Zanesville Police Department has exchanged specialized strategies. 

Zanesville Police Department has authoritatively changed to the Multi-Agency Radio Communication System ordinarily known as M.A.R.C.S. This is a radio and information arrange framework for open security suppliers and specialists on call in Ohio. Boss Tony Coury said M.A.R.C.S. gives them access to working with different offices all through the state just by a switch in their dial. 

"We are presently ready to speak with each other plainly," Coury said. "Regardless of whether we're you know just on the opposite side of the waterway, or you know we're in another province and we can be as a long way from here as Lake Erie." 

The change to M.A.R.C.S. has been a two-year handle and as indicated by Coury the City of Zanesville just needed to pay for a little segment of the hardware and establishment. 

"The city has put some cash into the dispatch focus similar to recieving wires and getting only some minor gear," Coury said. "All of 50 or more radios were given to us by the Ohio State Highway Patrol [Zanesville Post]." 

The radio's were given last June and now the police cruisers are being set up with the M.A.R.C.S. Radios.