Germantown Police Jail

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The Germantown Police Jail is located at 50 Palatine Park Road in Germantown, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Germantown Town Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything a person needs to know about the Germantown Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and 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 and tips that you’ll need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that would help others will be welcome.

Germantown Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Germantown Police Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and schedule for visitation. You can get info on anyone booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information quicker if you have their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Germantown Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Germantown Police Jail takes you through these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you must answer a bunch of questions, such as your full name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. This process may take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the release date, expect to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Germantown Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Germantown Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be put in a Visiting log for the inmate. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

The Germantown Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so you should call the facility at 518-537-6687 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Germantown Police Jail you must be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make 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 phones are allowed at Germantown Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, this 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 Germantown Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Germantown 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 Germantown 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 Germantown 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Columbia County jail website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file containing a docket and all filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at the Columbia County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal convictions from other states. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Germantown Police Jail inmates can change at any time, so we suggest that you visit the Germantown Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Germantown 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 Germantown Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 518-537-6687 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 Germantown Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want 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 sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Germantown Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are typically pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden.

The Germantown Police Jail phone number is: 518-537-6687

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly 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 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 Germantown Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of 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 state prisons and local 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 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 these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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