Myerstown Police Jail

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The Myerstown Police Jail is located at 101 East Washington Avenue in Myerstown, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Myerstown Borough Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything one might want to know about the Myerstown Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Myerstown Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that could be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

Myerstown Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Myerstown Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find information for anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information more quickly if you have your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Myerstown Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Myerstown Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you have to answer some simple questions, such as what is your legal name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged can take from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get released. Also, it might depend on whether you have a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a release date, you should expect to be released that morning.

Myerstown Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s name to the Myerstown Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be put in a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so you should call the jail at 717-866-5317 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Myerstown Police Jail you must first have your name on their approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Myerstown Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Myerstown Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Myerstown 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 Myerstown 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 Myerstown 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Lebanon County jail website or call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, 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 their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They 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 the Lebanon County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to the Lebanon County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, 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 find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Myerstown Police Jail jail inmates might change, so you should review the Myerstown Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Myerstown 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 Myerstown Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 717-866-5317 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 Myerstown Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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

The only phone calls that Myerstown Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 717-866-5317

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the inmate phone calls 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 Myerstown Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison 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 Myerstown Police Jail, click the link below.

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