Portville Police Jail

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The Portville Police Jail is located at 1 South Main Street in Portville, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Portville Village Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Portville Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Cattaraugus County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer info you need to make going to jail easier. If you have a question, just ask them, and also any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to others is much appreciated.

Portville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Portville Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, including status, and times you can visit. You can also get information about anybody arrested and booked or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Portville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Portville Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You must answer some questions, such as your full name, your address, date of birth and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call in order to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail will take from 30 minutes to all day long. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get let go. Also, it will depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate has to determine your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Portville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s name to the Portville Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will go into the visitation log as an Authorized visit. All visitors will be required to provide identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at 716-933-8773 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Portville Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s approved 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 mobile phones are allowed at Portville Police 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 before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 magazines to an inmate at the Portville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Portville 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 Portville 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 Portville 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 for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Cattaraugus County jail website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their 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 the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records online, or at the Cattaraugus County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to people in jail change frequently, so we suggest that you review the Portville Police Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Portville 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 Portville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 716-933-8773 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 Portville Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Portville Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 716-933-8773

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 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 Portville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county 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 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 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 cases like this, the facility has set their inmate 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 Portville Police Jail, click the link below.

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