Clinton County Jail

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The Clinton County Jail is located at 25 McCarthy Drive in Plattsburgh, NY and is a medium security county jail operated by the Clinton County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Clinton County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the advice and information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that would be a benefit to others will be appreciated.

Clinton County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Clinton County Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals who have been arrested, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get the same information on anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their arrest information quicker if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Clinton County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Clinton County Jail is made up 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 some basic questions, like your full name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you use the telephone in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process takes anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge has to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, expect to get discharged in the morning.

Clinton County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Clinton County Jail in advance of the visit. This information will go into the visitation log for the inmate. Every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

The Clinton County Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the facility at (518) 565-4300 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Clinton County Jail you must have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Clinton County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not related to the inmate, this 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 Clinton County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Clinton County 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 Clinton County 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 Clinton County 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, you can access arrest warrants on the Clinton County jail website or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get 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, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that includes a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to the Clinton County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Clinton County Jail could change, so we suggest that you visit the Clinton County Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Clinton County 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 Clinton County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (518) 565-4300 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 Clinton County Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from 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 enough money in their account. These items 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 Clinton County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (518) 565-4300

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Clinton County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone 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 Clinton County Jail, click the link below.

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