Duncannon Police Jail

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The Duncannon Police Jail is located at Hickory Street in Duncannon, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Duncannon Borough Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything one might want to know about the Duncannon Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that could be a benefit to others will be much appreciated.

Duncannon Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Duncannon Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who are in jail, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to find information on anyone who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information fast if you enter their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Duncannon Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Duncannon Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some questions, such as your full legal name, address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you make a telephone call in order to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process may take from 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. Also, it might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to decide on your bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, you should plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Duncannon Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name to the Duncannon Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will go into the visitors log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

The Duncannon Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so we suggest that you call the jail at 717-834-4114 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Duncannon Police Jail you must first be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Duncannon Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Duncannon Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Duncannon 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 Duncannon 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 Duncannon 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry online or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail could change, so it would be best to check the Duncannon Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Duncannon 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 Duncannon Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 717-834-4114 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 Duncannon Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, 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 trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Duncannon Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, 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 under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls might get reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 717-834-4114

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 these phone service providers make from all phone calls that inmates make 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 Duncannon Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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