Belle Vernon Police Jail

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The Belle Vernon Police Jail is located at 503 Speer Street in Belle Vernon, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the North Belle Vernon Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Belle Vernon Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Belle Vernon Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that might help other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Belle Vernon Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Belle Vernon Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who have been arrested, including status, and visiting schedule. You can find information for anyone arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate the information faster if you enter their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Belle Vernon Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Belle Vernon Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you must answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full name, street address, birthdate and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process will take anywhere from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if the judge has to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the discharge date, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Belle Vernon Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Belle Vernon Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will go in a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor must provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Belle Vernon Police Jail can change, so call the facility at 724-929-7011 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Belle Vernon Police Jail you have to first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Belle Vernon Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If the 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Belle Vernon Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Belle Vernon 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 Belle Vernon 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 Belle Vernon 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their 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, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket and any filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the Westmoreland County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to the Westmoreland County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions 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 rules for sending money to someone in jail could change, so check the Belle Vernon Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Belle Vernon 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 Belle Vernon Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 724-929-7011 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 Belle Vernon Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Belle Vernon Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, phone privileges may be limited or cut altogether.

The Belle Vernon Police Jail phone number is: 724-929-7011

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Belle Vernon Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to lower 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. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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