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Queens County Sherif Information

Address

Queens County Sherif
144-06 94th Avenue
Jamaica, NY 11435

Phone Number

Phone Number: (718) 298-7550

The Queens County Sherif is located at 144-06 94th Avenue in Jamaica, NY and is a medium security county jail operated by the Queens County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Queens County Sherif, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and more.

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information and tips that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and any feedback or comments that could be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Queens County Sherif Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend in jail and want to locate them? Do you know a friend or family member who has been arrested and you don’t know how to locate them?

In order to find out who is in jail at the Queens County Sherif you have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

First Name

Last Name

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Who’s In Jail

The Queens County Sherif Inmate Locator is a list of individuals currently in custody, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get the same information for anyone arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get their arrest information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Queens County Sherif Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Queens County Sherif includes 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.

First, you will answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full name, your address, date of birth and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to use the phone to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged can take from 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge must figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, plan to get released that morning.

Queens County Sherif Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list information about each visitor to the Queens County Sherif before anyone can visit them. This information will be put in the visitation log for the inmate. All visitors will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so call the jail at (718) 298-7550 before you visit an inmate.

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

Before you can visit an inmate at the Queens County Sherif you have to be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Queens County Sherif, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Queens County Sherif. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Queens County Sherif 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 Queens County Sherif:

Queens County Sherif
144-06 94th Avenue
Jamaica, NY 11435

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Queens County Sherif
144-06 94th Avenue
Jamaica, NY 11435

The Queens County Sherif mail policy can change, so you should review the official website before you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Queens County Sherif. 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 Queens County Sherif 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 check court records online or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to the Queens County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail can change at any time, so double check the Queens County Sherif website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Queens County Sherif

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 Queens County Sherif uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (718) 298-7550 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 Queens County Sherif store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use 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 enough money in their commissary account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Queens County Sherif are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden.

The Queens County Sherif phone number is: (718) 298-7550

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all 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 Queens County Sherif. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 figuring 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 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 will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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