The Kotzebue Regional Jail in the city of Kotzebue serves as the prison for Northwest Arctic County County and other nearby cities. Kotzebue Regional Jail is a county jail, serving Kotzebue and surrounding areas. Kotzebue Regional Jail is located at Po Box 46 Kotzebue Alaska 99752-0046. It’s important to verify the location of your inmate before trying to visit.
Calling an inmate can be difficult and costly. Some prisons charge inmates up to $14 a minute to make long-distance calls. The best way to avoid these fees is to set up a local phone number that has the same area code as the jail but rings at your phone number(s) no matter where you live. Globaltel provides this service and you can reach them at Inmate Calls. To send mail to an inmate you can visit Jail Postcards.
City Jails generally house people who have been recently arrested and/or those awaiting trial. Many inmates may also be serving shorter sentences following trial, while others may serve time there while awaiting transfer to longer term state our county prison facilities. Each type of prison or jail facility will have different visiting hours and rules and procedures for visiting. It’s important to get set up with phone service so you can get these details about these jail visitation times and procedures from your inmate.
Kotzebue Regional Jail is a county jail, so most of the inmates at Kotzebue Regional Jail will be post trial convicts serving medium sentences that that were too long for short term police department jail stays, but not long enough to justify transfer to a Alaska State prison facility. It’s important for inmates in County jail to have access to commissary funds to buy things like toothpaste and stamps for letters. They will also need funds for phone calls which should be made using a service like Globaltel’s cheaper jail call service at Inmate Calls to avoid long distance charges when making prison calls.
Kotzebue Regional Jail is in the PST-1 time zone. The warden at Kotzebue Regional Jail is Superintendent Joe Mills-Bain. It’s important for families of inmates to help each other with information and tips about the prison facility they are in. You can leave comments and tips below about the best places to stay when visiting your inmate as well comments about any local service organization not already on our list of those available to help local families of inmates. We urge you to add your own comments about Kotzebue Regional Jail below. “