Elsmere Police Jail

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The Elsmere Police Jail is located at 11 Poplar Avenue in Elsmere, DE and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Elsmere Police Department.

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

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer advice and information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and any comments or tips that might help others would be welcome.

Elsmere Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Elsmere Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and visiting schedule. You can get information about anybody who has been arrested or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Elsmere Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Elsmere Police Jail includes each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you will have to answer some basic questions, like what is your legal name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process will take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. In other words the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. It also can depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, you should expect to get discharged that morning.

Elsmere Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give information about each visitor to the Elsmere Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so call the jail at 302-998-1173 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Elsmere Police Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Elsmere Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. 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 the 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 Elsmere Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Elsmere 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 Elsmere 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 Elsmere 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 for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the New Castle County jail website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to the New Castle County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Elsmere Police Jail could change, so review the Elsmere Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Elsmere 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 Elsmere Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 302-998-1173 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 Elsmere Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different 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 every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Elsmere Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Elsmere Police Jail phone number is: 302-998-1173

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from all 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 Elsmere Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their inmate 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 Elsmere Police Jail, click the link below.

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