Shavertown Police Jail

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The Shavertown Police Jail is located at 2211 Huntsville Road in Shavertown, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Jackson Township Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Shavertown Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Luzerne County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information and tips that you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Shavertown Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Shavertown Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of individuals who are in jail, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can get info on anyone processed or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Shavertown Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Shavertown Police Jail is made up 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.

First, you must 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’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process can take anywhere from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get out of jail. Also, it will depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate must decide on the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, you should plan to be discharged that morning.

Shavertown Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give information about each visitor to the Shavertown Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Shavertown Police Jail are always changing, so call the jail at 570-675-8500 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Shavertown Police Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Shavertown Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor 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 Shavertown Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Shavertown 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 Shavertown 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 Shavertown 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the Luzerne County court website or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that includes a court docket and all documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Luzerne County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to the Luzerne County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail might change, so it would be best to review the Shavertown Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Shavertown 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 Shavertown Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 570-675-8500 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 Shavertown Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Shavertown Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you 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 might get cut back or forbidden completely.

The Shavertown Police Jail phone number is: 570-675-8500

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of 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 Shavertown Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 learning 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. 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 or prison has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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