Seneca Falls Police Jail

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The Seneca Falls Police Jail is located at 60 State Street in Seneca Falls, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Village Of Seneca Falls Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Seneca Falls Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Seneca Falls Police 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 information and advice that you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Seneca Falls Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Seneca Falls Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who are in jail, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find information on anyone arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get the information quicker if you have their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Seneca Falls Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Seneca Falls Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will answer some basic questions, like what is your full name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you make a telephone call in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process can take from 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate must determine how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, you should expect to be discharged that morning.

Seneca Falls Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s name to the Seneca Falls Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be put into the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor must provide identification. Anyone arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures change often, so call the official Seneca Falls Police Jail at 315-568-5853 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Seneca Falls Police Jail you must first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring 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 cellphones at Seneca Falls Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Seneca Falls Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Seneca Falls 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 Seneca Falls 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 Seneca Falls 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the court directly. You have to have their 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 you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Seneca Falls Police Jail can change at any time, so it would be best to check the Seneca Falls Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Seneca Falls 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 Seneca Falls Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 315-568-5853 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 Seneca Falls Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Seneca Falls Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls could be reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 315-568-5853

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 get to set the prices. The profits 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 Seneca Falls 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 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 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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