Exton Police Jail

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The Exton Police Jail is located at 717 North Ship Road in Exton, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Uwchlan Township Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything you might need to know about the Exton Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Exton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Exton Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of individuals who are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. You can also get the same information for anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Exton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Exton Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

You must answer some basic questions, like your legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process takes anywhere from 30 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. It also can depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to decide on the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a release date, you should expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Exton Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Exton Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put into the visitation log as an Authorized visit. All visitors will have to provide identification. Anyone arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so make sure that you call the facility at 610-363-6947 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Exton Police Jail you have to be added to their approved 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 phones are allowed at Exton 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 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Exton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Exton 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 Exton 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 Exton 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 court records on the website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear 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, as well as their arrest date, contact the Chester County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to the Chester County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Exton Police Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so we suggest that you double check the Exton Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Exton 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 Exton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 610-363-6947 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 Exton Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, 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 sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Exton Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on 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 every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 610-363-6947

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the inmate phone calls 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 Exton Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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