Ellenville Police Jail

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The Ellenville Police Jail is located at 2 Elting Court in Ellenville, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Village Of Ellenville Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Ellenville Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Ellenville Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Ulster County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give info you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to others will be much appreciated.

Ellenville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ellenville Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find information for anybody who has been arrested or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Ellenville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Ellenville Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full legal name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you make a phone call so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process can take between 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. Also, it can depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Ellenville Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give information about each visitor to the Ellenville Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go into the visitors log for the inmate. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Ellenville Police Jail are always changing, so make sure that you call the facility at 845-647-4422 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Ellenville Police Jail you have to have your name on their visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Ellenville Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on 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 and is a family member of 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Ellenville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ellenville 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 Ellenville 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 Ellenville 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 think you might have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Ulster County court website or you are able to call the jail. 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 know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Ellenville Police Jail could change, so you should review the Ellenville Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ellenville 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 Ellenville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 845-647-4422 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 Ellenville Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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

All phone calls from the Ellenville Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or totally denied.

The Ellenville Police Jail phone number is: 845-647-4422

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the 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 Ellenville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 lower 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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