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Mercer County Jail Information

Address

Mercer County Jail
55 Thompson Road
Mercer, PA 16137

Phone Number

Phone: (724) 662-2700

The Mercer County Jail is located at 55 Thompson Road in Mercer, PA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about anything you might need to know about the Mercer County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Mercer County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and tips that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that could help others is welcome.

Mercer County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend that has gone to jail and need to find out where they are? Do you know a family member or friend who’s been arrested and you don’t know how to find them?

In order to see who is in jail at the Mercer County Jail you should use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mercer County Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get information for anybody processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their inmate information fast if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Mercer County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Mercer County Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will have to answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail can take between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get released. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a discharge date, plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Mercer County Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Mercer County Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be put in the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Mercer County Jail frequently change, so it would be wise to call the official Mercer County Jail at (724) 662-2700 before you go to visitation.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Mercer County Jail you have to first be on this person’s 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 phones are allowed at Mercer County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 of age and is not a family member of 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 Mercer County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mercer 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to an inmate at Mercer County Jail:

Mercer County Jail
55 Thompson Road
Mercer, PA 16137

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Mercer County Jail
55 Thompson Road
Mercer, PA 16137

The mail policy at the Mercer County Jail is always changing, so be sure to double check the the Mercer County Jail website before you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Mercer 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 Mercer 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Mercer County jail website or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear 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 Mercer County jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Mercer County Jail inmates are always changing, so you should check the Mercer County Jail website before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mercer 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 Mercer County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (724) 662-2700 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 inmateâ€™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 Mercer County Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have money in their account. These items 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

All phone calls from the Mercer County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about 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, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated altogether.

The Mercer County Jail phone number is: (724) 662-2700

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Mercer 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 figuring out how to decrease 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 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 prisons or jails where 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 or prison 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 Mercer County Jail, click the link below.

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