Mcdonald Police Jail

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The Mcdonald Police Jail is located at 151 School Street in Mcdonald, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Mcdonald Borough Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Mcdonald Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer advice and information that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that could help others would be much appreciated.

Mcdonald Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mcdonald Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to get information about 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 find the information quicker if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Mcdonald Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Mcdonald Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you must answer some basic questions, like what is your legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to use the telephone 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 quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process may take anywhere from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, it might depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to figure out the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, you should expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Mcdonald Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give information about each visitor to the Mcdonald Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put in a log of visitors for the inmate. Every visitor has to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Mcdonald Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the facility at 724-926-2105 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Mcdonald Police Jail you have to have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

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

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Mcdonald Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mcdonald 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 Mcdonald 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 Mcdonald 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 access arrest warrants online or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Washington County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the Washington County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to people in jail are always changing, so be sure to check the Mcdonald Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mcdonald 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 Mcdonald Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 724-926-2105 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 Mcdonald Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Mcdonald Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Mcdonald Police Jail phone number is: 724-926-2105

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Mcdonald Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 finding out how to lower 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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