Genesee County Jail

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The Genesee County Jail is located at 14 West Main Street in Batavia, NY and is a medium security county jail operated by the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Genesee County Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Genesee County Jail, 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 give you all the advice and information you need to make the process easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to others would be appreciated.

Genesee County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Genesee County Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals currently in custody, which includes current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find info for anyone booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information quicker if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Genesee County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Genesee County Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

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

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the release date, you should plan to get discharged that morning.

Genesee County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Genesee County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Genesee County Jail visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the jail at (585) 343-0838 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Genesee County Jail you have to first have your name on their approved 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 phones at Genesee County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be 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 of age and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Genesee County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Genesee 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 Genesee 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 Genesee 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 check the court records online or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Keep 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 jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that includes a docket and all documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to the Genesee County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Genesee County Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so it would be best to review the Genesee County Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Genesee 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 Genesee County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (585) 343-0838 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 Genesee County Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust 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 Genesee County Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: (585) 343-0838

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of 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 Genesee County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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