Andover Police Jail

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The Andover Police Jail is located at 4 Main Street in Andover, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Village Of Andover Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Andover Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Andover Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Andover Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Andover Police Jail Inmate List has information about people who are in jail, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find the same information about anybody booked or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to get the information faster if you’ve got their name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Andover Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Andover Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, street address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to make a telephone call so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged takes from 10 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you can get out of jail. Also, it will depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if the judge still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Andover Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Andover Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be put into a log of visitors as an approved visitor. Each visitor has to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Andover Police Jail change often, so make sure that you call the jail at 607-478-8448 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Andover Police Jail you must first be added to their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Andover Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Andover Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Andover 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 Andover 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 Andover 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the court records on the Allegany County court website or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at the Allegany County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other 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 Andover Police Jail change frequently, so check the Andover Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Andover 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 Andover Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 607-478-8448 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 Andover Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products such as 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 Andover Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more costly 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 that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Andover Police Jail phone number is: 607-478-8448

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 get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make are shared 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 Andover Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 finding out 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 calling 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 money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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