Hancock Police Jail

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The Hancock Police Jail is located at 126 West High Street in Hancock, MD and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hancock Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything you might want to know about the Hancock Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Hancock Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information and tips you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Hancock Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hancock Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get information about anyone arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their arrest information faster if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Hancock Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Hancock Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some simple questions, such as what is your full legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you use the telephone in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process can take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will be released. Also, it might depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the magistrate has to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, expect to get released in the morning.

Hancock Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list each visitor’s name to the Hancock Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will go into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide proof of identification. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 301-678-5633 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Hancock Police Jail you must first have your name on their visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Hancock Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 old 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 Hancock Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hancock 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 Hancock 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 Hancock 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 might have an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants on the website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Washington County jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is 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 any filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail change frequently, so be sure to double check the Hancock Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hancock 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 Hancock Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 301-678-5633 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 Hancock Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Hancock Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 301-678-5633

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Hancock 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 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 figuring 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 prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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