Athens Police Jail

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The Athens Police Jail is located at 2 First Street in Athens, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Village Of Athens Police Department.

This site tells you info about everything you might want to know about the Athens Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, 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 all the information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any tips or comments that might help other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Athens Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Athens Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get info about anybody arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to get the information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Athens Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Athens Police Jail includes these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

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

They will allow you to make a telephone call so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the faster you can get out of jail. Also, it can depend on if you have a bond amount or if the judge has to figure out the bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a release date, you should plan to be discharged that morning.

Athens Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name to the Athens Police Jail before you can visit. This information will go into the log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so it would be wise to call the jail at 518-945-1559 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Athens Police Jail you must first have your name on their visitation list.

Make 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 without it.

No mobile phones at Athens Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they will have to 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, the minor 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 magazines to an inmate at the Athens Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Athens 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 Athens 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 Athens 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the Greene County court website or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Greene County jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access court records on their website, or at the Greene County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of people’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to the Greene County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Athens Police Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so you should check the Athens Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Athens 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 Athens Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 518-945-1559 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 Athens Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products including 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

All phone calls from the Athens Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are much pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 518-945-1559

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the inmate phone calls 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 Athens Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility 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 Athens Police Jail, click the link below.

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