Elk County Prison

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The Elk County Prison is located at 448 Main Street in Ridgway, PA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Elk County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about everything related to the Elk County Prison, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give advice and information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that could help others would be much appreciated.

Elk County Prison Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Elk County Prison Inmate Search is a roster of people who are in jail, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find information for anybody booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their arrest information fast if you have the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Elk County Prison Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Elk County Prison takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you will answer some simple questions, like your full name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to use the telephone in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, you should expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Elk County Prison Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Elk County Prison before you can visit. Your visitors will go into the visitation log for the inmate. Each and every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone arriving late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Elk County Prison visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at (814) 776-5342 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Elk County Prison you have to have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make 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 mobile phones are allowed at Elk County Prison, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 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 Elk County Prison. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Elk County Prison 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 Elk County Prison. 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 Elk County Prison 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 find out by checking the court records on the website or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Elk County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Elk County Prison change frequently, so review the Elk County Prison site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Elk County Prison

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 Elk County Prison uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (814) 776-5342 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 Elk County Prison store. You can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as 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 Elk County Prison inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are much pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (814) 776-5342

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Elk County Prison. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 learning 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 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 calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Elk County Prison, click the link below.

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