Cheverly Police Jail

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The Cheverly Police Jail is located at 6401 Forest Road in Cheverly, MD and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Cheverly Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything related to the Cheverly Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you info you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that could help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Cheverly Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Cheverly Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people currently in custody, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get information about anybody who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information fast if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Cheverly Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Cheverly Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

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

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

They will let you make a phone call so you can talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if a magistrate has to figure out how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Cheverly Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Cheverly Police Jail in advance. This information will be entered into the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Cheverly Police Jail can change, so call the facility at 301-341-1055 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Cheverly Police Jail you must have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Cheverly Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Cheverly Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Cheverly 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 Cheverly 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 Cheverly 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants on the Prince Georges County jail website or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

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

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Cheverly 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 Cheverly Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 301-341-1055 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 Cheverly Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind 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 items 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

The only phone calls that Cheverly Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and 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 disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Cheverly Police Jail phone number is: 301-341-1055

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all 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 Cheverly Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 learning how to decrease 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 a lot of money 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 or prison has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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