Frankfort Police Jail

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The Frankfort Police Jail is located at 140 South Litchfield Street in Frankfort, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Frankfort Town Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Frankfort Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Frankfort Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Herkimer County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make the process less stressfull. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that would help others would be appreciated.

Frankfort Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Frankfort Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals who have been arrested, which includes current status, and visiting hours. You can get the same information about anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you enter their name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Frankfort Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Frankfort Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you have to answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and 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, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process takes between 15 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will get released. Also, it depends on whether you have a cash bond or if a magistrate must decide on how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Frankfort Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide each visitor’s full name to the Frankfort Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered into the log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor has to provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 315-894-3594 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Frankfort Police Jail you have to have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Frankfort Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 old and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 Frankfort Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Frankfort 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 Frankfort 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 Frankfort 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, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file containing a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at the Herkimer County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may 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 crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail at the Frankfort Police Jail change frequently, so check the Frankfort Police Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Frankfort 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 Frankfort Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 315-894-3594 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 Frankfort Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Frankfort Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are much more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 315-894-3594

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, 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 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 Frankfort Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. In some cases, we will not 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 or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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