Oakdale Police Jail

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The Oakdale Police Jail is located at 400 North Branch Road in Oakdale, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the North Fayette Township Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything related to the Oakdale Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Oakdale Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer info that you need to make the process easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that might help others would be much appreciated.

Oakdale Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Oakdale Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find information for anyone processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to get their arrest information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Oakdale Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Oakdale Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

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

You have to answer some basic questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

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

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process can take between 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the faster you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge must figure out the bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Oakdale Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give each visitor’s full name to the Oakdale Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered into the visitation log as an Authorized visit. All visitors is required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 724-787-8900 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

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

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

No cellphones are allowed at Oakdale Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 under the age of 18 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 Oakdale Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Oakdale 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 Oakdale 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 Oakdale 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants online or you are able to call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person 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 have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are 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 and any of the documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Oakdale Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so visit the Oakdale Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Oakdale 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 Oakdale Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 724-787-8900 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 Oakdale Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear 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 a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Oakdale Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls 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 inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Oakdale Police Jail phone number is: 724-787-8900

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all of the 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 Oakdale Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison 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 Oakdale Police Jail, click the link below.

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