Monongahela Police Jail

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The Monongahela Police Jail is located at 130 Baird Street in Monongahela, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Carroll Township Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Monongahela Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Monongahela Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you advice and information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Monongahela Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Monongahela Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get the same information on anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find the information quicker if you’ve got their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Monongahela Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Monongahela Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you must answer some simple questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to use the phone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process will take between 15 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if a judge still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, expect to get discharged in the morning.

Monongahela Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Monongahela Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the visitors log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor must provide identification. Anyone showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so call the facility at 724-483-5556 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Monongahela Police Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Monongahela Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Monongahela Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Monongahela 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 Monongahela 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 Monongahela 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 are able to check the arrest warrants on the Washington County jail website or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear 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 first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Washington County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file containing a docket and all documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Washington County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates is likely to change, so it would be best to review the Monongahela Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Monongahela 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 Monongahela Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 724-483-5556 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 Monongahela Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as 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 Monongahela Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls might get cut back or forbidden.

The Monongahela Police Jail phone number is: 724-483-5556

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Monongahela Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to decrease 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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