Franklin County Jail

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The Franklin County Jail is located at 1804 Opportunity Avenue in Chambersburg, PA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything related to the Franklin County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Franklin County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Franklin County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer advice and information you need to make the process easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to others will be welcome.

Franklin County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Franklin County Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who have been arrested, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get the same information for anyone booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information faster if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Franklin County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Franklin County Jail includes these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You will have to answer some simple questions, such as your full name, address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to use the phone to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged can take from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you have a bond amount or if a magistrate has to decide on your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Franklin County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Franklin County Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered into the log for the inmate. Every visitor has to provide identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so we suggest that you call the facility at (717) 264-9513 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Franklin County Jail you must have your name on their visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Franklin County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Franklin County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Franklin 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 Franklin 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 Franklin 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 think you have an outstanding warrant, you can check the court records on the website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Franklin County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that contains a court docket and any documents filed in the court case. You can access your court records online, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to the Franklin County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Franklin County Jail inmates could change, so it would be best to double check the Franklin County Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Franklin 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 Franklin County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (717) 264-9513 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 Franklin County Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Franklin County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: (717) 264-9513

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Franklin County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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