Bessemer Police Jail

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The Bessemer Police Jail is located at 201 1/2 East Poland Avenue in Bessemer, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bessemer Police Department.

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

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and any tips or comments that could be a benefit to others is appreciated.

Bessemer Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bessemer Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who are in jail, including current status, and visiting schedule. You can get information about anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Bessemer Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Bessemer Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you must answer a number of questions, like what is your full name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged may take from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you can get released from jail. It also might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to decide on your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the date of your release, expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Bessemer Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Bessemer Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be put into a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Bessemer Police Jail frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 724-667-7068 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Bessemer Police Jail you have to be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Bessemer Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 of age and is not a family member of 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 magazines to an inmate at the Bessemer Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bessemer 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 Bessemer 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 Bessemer 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 are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Lawrence 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 the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Bessemer Police Jail could change, so be sure to double check the Bessemer Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bessemer 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 Bessemer Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 724-667-7068 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 Bessemer Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Bessemer Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about 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 under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls may be limited or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 724-667-7068

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Bessemer Police Jail. The prices 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 lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails 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 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 Bessemer Police Jail, click the link below.

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