Carbondale Township Police Jail

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The Carbondale Township Police Jail is located at 729 Morse Avenue in Carbondale Township, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Carbondale Township Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything you might want to know about the Carbondale Township Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Carbondale Township Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Lackawanna County court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the advice and information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that would help others is appreciated.

Carbondale Township Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Carbondale Township Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to find information on anybody arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to get their arrest information fast if you enter their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Carbondale Township Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Carbondale Township Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really 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 a number of questions, like what is your full name, your address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the phone to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged takes between 10 minutes to many hours. So, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get released. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate has to determine the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, you should plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Carbondale Township Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide each visitor’s name to the Carbondale Township Police Jail in advance. This information will be put into a Visiting log for the inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide identification. Anyone showing up late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Carbondale Township Police Jail can change, so we suggest that you call the facility at 570-281-6100 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Carbondale Township Police Jail you have to first have your name on their visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Carbondale Township Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Carbondale Township Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Carbondale Township 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 Carbondale Township 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 Carbondale Township 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, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Lackawanna County court website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These databases are connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Carbondale Township Police Jail inmates might change, so double check the Carbondale Township Police Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Carbondale Township 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 Carbondale Township Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 570-281-6100 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 Carbondale Township Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have money 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Carbondale Township Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, 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 rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Carbondale Township Police Jail phone number is: 570-281-6100

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, 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 Carbondale Township Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 lower 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. In some cases, we won’t 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 or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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