Reading Police Jail

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The Reading Police Jail is located at 1069 Old Bernville Road in Reading, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bern Township Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything related to the Reading Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information that you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others will be much appreciated.

Reading Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Reading Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and visiting hours. You can get information on anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can get the information quicker if you have their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Reading Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Reading Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You must answer some basic questions, such as what is your legal name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to use the phone so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process can take anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get let go. It also depends on whether or not you have a cash bond or if a judge must decide on your 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, plan to get released that morning.

Reading Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Reading Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will go in a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Reading Police Jail change often, so we suggest that you call the jail at 610-926-2535 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

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

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

No cellphones are allowed at Reading Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Reading Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Reading 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 Reading 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 Reading 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 for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the Berks County court website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. 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 a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file containing a court docket and all filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to the Berks County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Reading Police Jail inmates are always changing, so you should check the Reading Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Reading 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 Reading Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 610-926-2535 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 Reading Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These products 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

The only phone calls that Reading Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 610-926-2535

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The money 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 Reading Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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