Buchanan Police Jail

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The Buchanan Police Jail is located at 236 Tate Avenue in Buchanan, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Village Of Buchanan Police Department.

This guide tells you info about everything you might want to know about the Buchanan Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Buchanan Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that might help others is much appreciated.

Buchanan Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Buchanan Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people currently in custody, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get info about anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information faster if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Buchanan Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Buchanan Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you will answer some basic questions, like what is your legal name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged can take from 10 minutes to all day. So, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get discharged. It also depends on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge still needs to decide on the bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Buchanan Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Buchanan Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Buchanan Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so you should call the facility at 914-739-6776 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Buchanan Police Jail you must be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Buchanan Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be 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 old 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Buchanan Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Buchanan 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 Buchanan 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 Buchanan 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 an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind 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, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Westchester County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Buchanan Police Jail is likely to change, so we suggest that you review the Buchanan Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Buchanan 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 Buchanan Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 914-739-6776 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 Buchanan Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need 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 items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products 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

The only phone calls that Buchanan Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are usually pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 914-739-6776

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every 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 of the 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 Buchanan Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 state prisons and local jails finding 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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