Benton Police Jail

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The Benton Police Jail is located at 150 Colley Street in Benton, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Benton Borough Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Benton Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Benton Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and any tips or comments that might help others would be much appreciated.

Benton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Benton Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and visiting hours. You can get info about anybody arrested and booked or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their arrest information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Benton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

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

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process takes between 30 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate must figure out the bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a release date, plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Benton Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Benton Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be put in the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor must provide identification. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Benton Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 570-925-5432 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Benton Police Jail you must first be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Benton Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Benton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Benton 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 Benton 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 Benton 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the Columbia County jail website or you can call the jail directly. 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 if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Columbia County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any documents filed in the case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Benton Police Jail inmates might change, so we suggest that you review the Benton Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Benton 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 Benton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 570-925-5432 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 Benton Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need 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 items that the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products including 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 Benton Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 570-925-5432

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Benton Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 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. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail 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 Benton Police Jail, click the link below.

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