Moravia Police Jail

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The Moravia Police Jail is located at 48 West Cayuga Street in Moravia, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Moravia Village Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Moravia Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information and advice that you’ll need to make going to jail easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that would help other people in the same situation is welcome.

Moravia Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Moravia Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and visiting hours. You can get the same information about anyone who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Moravia Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your legal name, address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to use the telephone so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail can take from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get let go. It also depends on if you have a bond amount or if a judge must determine how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, plan to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Moravia Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to list information about each visitor to the Moravia Police Jail before you can visit. This information will be entered into a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Moravia Police Jail change often, so call the jail at 315-497-0287 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Moravia Police Jail you have to first be added to their visitation list.

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

No phones at Moravia Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally 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 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 Moravia Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Moravia 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 Moravia 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 Moravia 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 check the arrest warrants on the Cayuga County jail website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Cayuga County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail are always changing, so we suggest that you check the Moravia Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Moravia 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 Moravia Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 315-497-0287 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 Moravia Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember 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 an assortment of different products 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, in addition to 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 Moravia Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are usually pricier than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear 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 reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 315-497-0287

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Moravia Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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