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Catawissa Police Jail Information

Address

Catawissa Police Jail
118 North 3Rd Street
Catawissa, PA 17820-1220

Phone Number

Phone: 570-356-7102

The Catawissa Police Jail is located at 118 North 3Rd Street in Catawissa, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Catawissa Borough Police Department.

This page will tell you info about anything a person needs to know about the Catawissa Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much more.

Introduction

This guide is designed to give advice and information you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that would help others is appreciated.

Catawissa Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you know someone that is in jail and need to find them? Do you know a friend or family member who’s been arrested and you don’t know how to find them?

To look up who’s in jail at the Catawissa Police Jail you will need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Catawissa Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of people who have been arrested, which includes status, and visiting schedule. You can also get information on anybody booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can find the information fast if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Catawissa Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Catawissa Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you have to answer some basic questions, like your full legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will be allowed to use the telephone so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the faster you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate must decide on the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the date of your release, you should plan to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Catawissa Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Catawissa Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered in a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. Every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so call the facility at 570-356-7102 before you go to the jail to visit.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Catawissa Police Jail you must be on their approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Catawissa Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 related to 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Catawissa Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Catawissa 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.

Mailing Address

If you would like to send a letter to an inmate at Catawissa Police Jail, use this address:

Catawissa Police Jail
118 North 3Rd Street
Catawissa, PA 17820-1220

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Catawissa Police Jail
118 North 3Rd Street
Catawissa, PA 17820-1220

The Catawissa Police Jail inmate mail policy changes often, so be sure to review the official Catawissa Police Jail site before you send a letter to an inmate there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Catawissa 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 Catawissa 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Columbia County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any documents filed in the court case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

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

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Catawissa Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so it would be best to double check the Catawissa Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Catawissa 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 Catawissa Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 570-356-7102 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 inmateâ€™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 Catawissa Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Catawissa Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden.

The Catawissa Police Jail phone number is: 570-356-7102

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits 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 Catawissa Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring 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 calling 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 jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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