Grand Island Police Jail

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The Grand Island Police Jail is located at 1858 Whitehaven Road in Grand Island, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Grand Island Town Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Grand Island Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Grand Island Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and advice you need to make the process easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Grand Island Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Grand Island Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and schedule for visitation. You can find info about anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate the information fast if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Grand Island Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Grand Island Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will have to answer a bunch of questions, like what is your legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you use the telephone to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process can take anywhere from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, expect to be discharged that morning.

Grand Island Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name to the Grand Island Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will go in a Visiting log for the inmate. Each and every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the facility at 716-773-9600 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Grand Island Police Jail you must be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Grand Island Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 Grand Island Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Grand Island 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 Grand Island 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 Grand Island 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 for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file containing a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the case. You can access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

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

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Grand Island Police Jail change frequently, so you should double check the Grand Island Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Grand Island 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 Grand Island Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 716-773-9600 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 Grand Island Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want 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 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 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 Grand Island 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 pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or cut altogether.

The Grand Island Police Jail phone number is: 716-773-9600

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits 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 Grand Island Police Jail. The rates 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 lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 inmate phone calls. 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 these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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