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Amherst Police Jail Information

Address

Amherst Police Jail
186 South Main Street
Amherst, VA 24521

Phone Number

Phone: 434-946-7885

The Amherst Police Jail is located at 186 South Main Street in Amherst, VA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Amherst Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Amherst Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Amherst Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Amherst County court records, and everything else.

Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and advice that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that could help others will be appreciated.

Amherst Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you know someone that is in jail and don’t know how to contact them? Do you know someone that has been arrested and you want to find them?

To look up who is in jail at the Amherst Police Jail you will need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Amherst Police Jail Inmate List has information about individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and visiting schedule. You can also get info for anyone booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Amherst Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your legal name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to use the phone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process takes from 10 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get out of jail. It also depends on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge must decide on your bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, you should expect to get released in the morning.

Amherst Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide information about each visitor to the Amherst Police Jail in advance. This information will be put in a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Amherst Police Jail frequently change, so you should call the facility at 434-946-7885 before you try to visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Amherst Police Jail you must be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Amherst Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not 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 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 Amherst Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Amherst 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.

Mailing Address

The address that you should use if you are sending a letter to an inmate at the Amherst Police Jail is:

Amherst Police Jail
186 South Main Street
Amherst, VA 24521

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Amherst Police Jail
186 South Main Street
Amherst, VA 24521

The mail policy at the Amherst Police Jail changes frequently, so be sure to double check the site when you send a letter to an inmate there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Amherst 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 Amherst 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 are able to check the court records online or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. 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 a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to the Amherst County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Amherst Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so double check the Amherst Police Jail website before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Amherst 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 Amherst Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 434-946-7885 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 inmateâ€™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 Amherst Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Amherst Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are typically more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should 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 privileges may be limited or eliminated altogether.

The Amherst Police Jail phone number is: 434-946-7885

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Amherst Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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