Sanford Police Jail

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The Sanford Police Jail is located at 917 Main Street in Sanford, ME and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Sanford Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Sanford Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Sanford Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Sanford Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sanford Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people who have been arrested, including current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find info on anyone arrested and booked or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find their inmate information fast if you have the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Sanford Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Sanford Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some basic questions, like your full name, address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to use the telephone to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will be freed. Also, it depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Sanford Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Sanford Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will be put in the log for the inmate. Every visitor will have to provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so it would be wise to call the facility at 207-324-3644 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Sanford Police Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Sanford Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally 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 a 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Sanford Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sanford 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 Sanford 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 Sanford 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 for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the York County jail website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a docket and all documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to the York County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Sanford Police Jail might change, so check the Sanford Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sanford 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 Sanford Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 207-324-3644 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 Sanford Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Sanford Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 207-324-3644

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Sanford 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 lower 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their 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 Sanford Police Jail, click the link below.

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