Ambler Police Jail

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The Ambler Police Jail is located at 122 East Butler Avenue in Ambler, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Ambler Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything related to the Ambler Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Ambler Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information that you’ll need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to others is much appreciated.

Ambler Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ambler Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people who are in jail, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get information on anyone processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information faster if you have their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Ambler Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Ambler Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will answer a number of questions, such as what is your legal name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to make a phone call to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge must determine your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, expect to be discharged that morning.

Ambler Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Ambler Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go in the visitation log for the inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Ambler Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so you should call the jail at 215-646-1000 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Ambler Police Jail you have to have your name on their 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 at Ambler Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 Ambler Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ambler 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 Ambler 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 Ambler 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind 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 name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that contains a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the Montgomery County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime 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 are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to people in jail is likely to change, so review the Ambler Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ambler 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 Ambler Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 215-646-1000 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 Ambler Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Ambler Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are usually pricier than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear 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 could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 215-646-1000

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 Ambler 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 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 keeps up to date 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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