Dallas Police Jail

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The Dallas Police Jail is located at 25 Main Street in Dallas, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Dallas Borough Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the Dallas Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Dallas Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you advice and information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Dallas Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Dallas Police Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals currently in custody, including custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to get information on anybody arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to get their arrest information fast if you enter the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Dallas Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer a number of questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to use the phone so you can call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. So, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, you should plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Dallas Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Dallas Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in a Visiting log for the inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Dallas Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 570-675-0161 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Dallas Police Jail you have to be on this person’s visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Dallas Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain 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 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 Dallas Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Dallas 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 Dallas 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 Dallas 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 the court records on the Luzerne County jail website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are a matter of 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 includes a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records online, or at the Luzerne County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Dallas Police Jail is likely to change, so it would be best to review the Dallas Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Dallas 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 Dallas Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 570-675-0161 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 Dallas Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want 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 the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items 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

All phone calls from the Dallas Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls might get reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 570-675-0161

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Dallas Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. 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 phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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