Essington Police Jail

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The Essington Police Jail is located at 629 North Governor Printz Boulevard in Essington, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Tinicum Township Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Essington Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and advice you need to make going to jail easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any tips or comments that would be a benefit to others is welcome.

Essington Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Essington Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to get information for anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can get the information more quickly if you’ve got their name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Essington Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Essington Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will have to answer some simple questions, like your full name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

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

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process can take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if the judge must determine the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Essington Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Essington Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered in a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the official Essington Police Jail at 610-521-3830 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Essington Police Jail you have to first be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Essington Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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, 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 magazines to an inmate at the Essington Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Essington 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 Essington 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 Essington 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check the court records on the Delaware County jail website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, 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 Delaware County jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are 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 helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can 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, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Essington Police Jail jail inmates change frequently, so it would be best to review the Essington Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Essington 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 Essington Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 610-521-3830 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 Essington Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely 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 inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Essington Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 610-521-3830

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 Essington Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 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 phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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