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Venango County Prison Information

Address

Venango County Prison
1186 Elk Street
Franklin, PA 16323

Phone Number

Phone: (814) 432-9629

The Venango County Prison is located at 1186 Elk Street in Franklin, PA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Venango County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Venango County Prison, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others would be much appreciated.

Venango County Prison Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that is locked up and don’t know how to contact them? Do you know somebody that has been arrested and you want to find them?

To see who is in jail at the Venango County Prison you have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Venango County Prison Inmate Search is a list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find information about anybody arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get their inmate information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Venango County Prison Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Venango County Prison takes you through these steps:

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

First you have to answer some simple questions, such as what is your full name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will be allowed to make a phone call to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the faster you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge still needs to figure out the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Venango County Prison Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list each visitor’s full name to the Venango County Prison in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be entered into the visitation log as an Authorized visit. All visitors will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures change often, so call the official Venango County Prison at (814) 432-9629 before you go.

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 someone at the Venango County Prison you must first be added to the inmate’s approved 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 Venango County Prison, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If the 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, 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 magazines to an inmate at the Venango County Prison. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Venango County Prison 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 Venango County Prison:

Venango County Prison
1186 Elk Street
Franklin, PA 16323

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Venango County Prison
1186 Elk Street
Franklin, PA 16323

The inmate mail policy at the Venango County Prison is always changing, so it would be best to review the site when send a letter to someone in jail there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Venango County Prison. 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 Venango County Prison 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the Venango County jail website or you are able to call the court 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, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Venango County jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to the Venango 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 completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail are always changing, so you should visit the Venango County Prison website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Venango County Prison

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 Venango County Prison uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (814) 432-9629 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 Venango County Prison store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Venango County Prison are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden completely.

The Venango County Prison phone number is: (814) 432-9629

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Venango County Prison. The prices 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not 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 calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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