Transfer Police Jail

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The Transfer Police Jail is located at 256 Edgewood Drive Extension in Transfer, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Pymatuning Township Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything one might want to know about the Transfer Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have questions, just ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Transfer Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Transfer Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about people who are in jail, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get the same information for anybody booked or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get the information quicker if you enter their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Transfer Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Transfer Police Jail takes you through each of these 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.

You will have to answer some basic questions, such as your legal name, street address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

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

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get discharged. It also can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Transfer Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Transfer Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be put in the log for the inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Transfer Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so you should call the jail at 724-646-1155 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

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

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

No phones at Transfer Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 of age and is not a family member of 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Transfer Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Transfer 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 Transfer 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 Transfer 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 court records on the Mercer County jail website or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Mercer County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

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

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail can change at any time, so be sure to double check the Transfer Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Transfer 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 Transfer Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 724-646-1155 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 Transfer Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Transfer Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or totally denied.

The Transfer Police Jail phone number is: 724-646-1155

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all 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 Transfer 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 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 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances 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 facility has set their inmate 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 Transfer Police Jail, click the link below.

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