Somerset Police Jail

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The Somerset Police Jail is located at 340 West Union Street in Somerset, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Somerset Borough Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything related to the Somerset Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Somerset Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer advice and information that you’ll need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that would help others would be welcome.

Somerset Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Somerset Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who are in jail, including current status, and visiting schedule. You can find info about anybody processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information faster if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Somerset Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You must answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to make a telephone call so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get released. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you have a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to figure out your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Somerset Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to give each visitor’s name to the Somerset Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be put into the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so we suggest that you call the official Somerset Police Jail at 814-445-4596 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Somerset Police Jail you must first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Somerset Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Somerset Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Somerset 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 Somerset 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 Somerset 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry online or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be 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 look online. An arrest is public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that includes a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to the Somerset County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Somerset Police Jail is likely to change, so it would be best to double check the Somerset Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Somerset 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 Somerset Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 814-445-4596 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 Somerset Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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, in addition to personal 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

The only phone calls that Somerset Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are much pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls might get cut back or forbidden.

The Somerset Police Jail phone number is: 814-445-4596

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 get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Somerset 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 learning how to decrease 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 will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison 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 Somerset Police Jail, click the link below.

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