North Tonawanda Police Jail

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The North Tonawanda Police Jail is located at 216 Payne Avenue in North Tonawanda, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the City Of North Tonawanda Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about everything a person needs to know about the North Tonawanda Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the North Tonawanda Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that might help others is much appreciated.

North Tonawanda Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The North Tonawanda Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and times you can visit. You can get information for anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information faster if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

North Tonawanda Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the North Tonawanda Police Jail 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 a while to get processed.

First you have to answer a number of questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will be allowed to use the phone in order to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process may take from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you have a cash bond or if a judge still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, you should expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

North Tonawanda Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the North Tonawanda Police Jail in advance. This information will be put into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor will have to provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at 716-692-4111 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the North Tonawanda Police Jail you have to first have your name on their visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at North Tonawanda Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the North Tonawanda Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the North Tonawanda 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 North Tonawanda 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 North Tonawanda 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 can check arrest warrants on the website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Niagara County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records on the website, or at the Niagara County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to North Tonawanda Police Jail inmates change frequently, so we suggest that you review the North Tonawanda Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at North Tonawanda 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 North Tonawanda Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 716-692-4111 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 North Tonawanda Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates 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 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 North Tonawanda Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 716-692-4111

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 North Tonawanda Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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. In some cases, 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 inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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