Peekskill Police Jail

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The Peekskill Police Jail is located at 2 Nelson Avenue in Peekskill, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Peekskill Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything one might want to know about the Peekskill Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Peekskill Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you advice and information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Peekskill Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Peekskill Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. You can find the same information for anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information more quickly if you enter their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Peekskill Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Peekskill Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process will take from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, it can depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge needs to decide on your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a release date, plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Peekskill Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Peekskill Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so you should call the facility at 914-737-8000 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Peekskill Police Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Peekskill Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not related to the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Peekskill Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Peekskill 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 Peekskill 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 Peekskill 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the Westchester County court website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should know 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, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Westchester County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file containing a court docket and all documents and filings filed in your case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Peekskill Police Jail jail inmates change frequently, so be sure to double check the Peekskill Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Peekskill 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 Peekskill Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 914-737-8000 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 Peekskill Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as 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 Peekskill Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are much more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 914-737-8000

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls are split 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 Peekskill Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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