Freeland Police Jail

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The Freeland Police Jail is located at 801 Centre Street in Freeland, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Freeland Borough Police Department.

This site tells you info about everything you might want to know about the Freeland Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Luzerne County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer info you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that might be a benefit to others would be welcome.

Freeland Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Freeland Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who are in jail, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get info on anybody processed or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information faster if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Freeland Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Freeland Police Jail includes these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some questions, like your full name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you use the telephone to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will be released. It also depends on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to decide on your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, you should expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Freeland Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list information about each visitor to the Freeland Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put in a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Freeland Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the facility at 570-636-0111 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Freeland Police Jail you must first be added to their approved visitation list.

Be 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 cellphones are allowed at Freeland Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not going to be 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 under the age of 18 and is not related to the inmate, this 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 Freeland Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Freeland 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 Freeland 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 Freeland 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the court records on the Luzerne County court website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that contains a docket and all filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These state databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to the Luzerne County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, 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 inmates at the Freeland Police Jail is likely to change, so double check the Freeland Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Freeland 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 Freeland Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 570-636-0111 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 Freeland Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Freeland Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden.

The Freeland Police Jail phone number is: 570-636-0111

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers 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 off of 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 Freeland Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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