Peru Police Jail

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The Peru Police Jail is located at 3 East Main Road in Peru, MA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Peru Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Peru Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information that you’ll need to make going to jail easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that could help others will be appreciated.

Peru Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Peru Police Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals who have been arrested, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find information on anyone booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate the information fast if you have the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Peru Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Peru Police Jail includes each of the following 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 have to answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, street address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you use the phone in order to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged takes anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge has to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the discharge date, plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Peru Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Peru Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will go into a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors must provide proof of identification. Anyone arriving late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Peru Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the facility at 413-655-8377 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Peru Police Jail you must be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Peru Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not normally 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Peru Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Peru 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 Peru 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 Peru 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 are able to check the arrest warrants on the Berkshire County jail website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, 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 jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that contains a docket and all documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records on the website, or at the Berkshire County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to the Berkshire County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Peru Police Jail is likely to change, so it would be best to check the Peru Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Peru 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 Peru Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 413-655-8377 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 Peru Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Peru Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 413-655-8377

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly 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 from all inmate phone calls 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 Peru Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to decrease 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not 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 inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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