Newville Police Jail

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The Newville Police Jail is located at 23 West Big Spring Avenue in Newville, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Newville Borough Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Newville Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Newville Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Cumberland County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you advice and information you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask them, and any tips or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Newville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Newville Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people who are in jail, which includes current status, and times you can visit. You can get information for anyone booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get the information fast if you enter their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Newville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Newville Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will answer some questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you use the phone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able 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 released from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get discharged. Also, it depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate has to figure out the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Newville Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Newville Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will go into the log for the inmate. Every visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the official Newville Police Jail at 717-776-5513 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Newville Police Jail you must be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Make 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 are allowed at Newville Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 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 Newville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Newville 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 Newville 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 Newville 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 check court records on the Cumberland County jail website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a court docket and all filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records online, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Newville Police Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so be sure to review the Newville Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Newville 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 Newville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 717-776-5513 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 Newville Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need 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 products that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 Newville Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls may be limited or forbidden.

The Newville Police Jail phone number is: 717-776-5513

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all phone calls that inmates make 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 Newville Police Jail. The prices 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 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 calling your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, 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 Newville Police Jail, click the link below.

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