Strasburg Police Jail

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The Strasburg Police Jail is located at 174 East King Street in Strasburg, VA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Strasburg Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Strasburg 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 records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and advice you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that might help other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Strasburg Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Strasburg Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people currently in custody, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get info about anyone processed or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information faster if you’ve got their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Strasburg Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Strasburg Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will have to answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to make a phone call so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. This process takes from 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Strasburg Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to give each visitor’s full name to the Strasburg Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be entered in the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

The Strasburg Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 540-465-5230 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Strasburg Police Jail you have to first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Strasburg Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of 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 Strasburg Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Strasburg 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 Strasburg 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 Strasburg 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 think you might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Shenandoah County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that includes a docket and all of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Strasburg Police Jail inmates can change at any time, so you should review the Strasburg Police Jail website before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Strasburg 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 Strasburg Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 540-465-5230 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 Strasburg Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Strasburg Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or cut altogether.

The Strasburg Police Jail phone number is: 540-465-5230

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of 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 Strasburg Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 can be 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t 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 calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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