Amherst Police Jail

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The Amherst Police Jail is located at 911 North Lake Street in Amherst, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Amherst Police Department.

This site tells you info about everything you might need to know about the Amherst Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and advice that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that would help others is much appreciated.

Amherst Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Amherst Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of people who have been arrested, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get information about anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their arrest information faster if you enter the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Amherst Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Amherst Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

You will have to answer some simple questions, like your full name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you have a bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to get released in the morning.

Amherst Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name to the Amherst Police Jail before you can visit. This information will be put in a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Amherst Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so it would be wise to call the jail at 440-988-2625 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Amherst Police Jail you must have your name on their visitation list.

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

No phones at Amherst Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 related to 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 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.

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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 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Lorain County jail 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 the officer in charge. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Lorain County jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in your court case. You can access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to the Lorain County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail can change at any time, so you should check the Amherst Police Jail site when 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 440-988-2625 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 Amherst Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

All phone calls from the Amherst Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, 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 rules and are disciplined, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 440-988-2625

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 the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Amherst 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county 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 calling 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 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 jail has set their inmate calling prices in a way 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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