Saratoga County Jail

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The Saratoga County Jail is located at 6010 County Farm Road in Ballston Spa, NY and is a medium security county jail operated by the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you info about everything a person needs to know about the Saratoga County Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Saratoga County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer info you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

Saratoga County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Saratoga County Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals currently in custody, including current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find info about anyone processed or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information more quickly if you enter their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Saratoga County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Saratoga County Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you have to answer some basic questions, like your legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to use the telephone so you can call family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will be released. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate has to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the discharge date, expect to be discharged that morning.

Saratoga County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Saratoga County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will go in the log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor will be required to provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Saratoga County Jail change often, so it would be wise to call the official Saratoga County Jail at (518) 885-2480 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Saratoga County Jail you must first be on their approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Saratoga County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Saratoga County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Saratoga 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.

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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 Saratoga 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 Saratoga 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the Saratoga County court website or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, 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 jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that includes a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the Saratoga County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to the Saratoga County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Saratoga County Jail jail inmates could change, so it would be best to check the Saratoga County Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Saratoga 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 Saratoga County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (518) 885-2480 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 Saratoga County Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like 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 get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Saratoga County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden.

The Saratoga County Jail phone number is: (518) 885-2480

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all of the 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 Saratoga County 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 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 lower 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility 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 Saratoga County Jail, click the link below.

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