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South Portland Police Jail Information

Address

South Portland Police Jail
30 Anthoine Street
South Portland, ME 04106-4403

Phone Number

Phone Number: 207-799-5511

The South Portland Police Jail is located at 30 Anthoine Street in South Portland, ME and is a medium security police department jail operated by the South Portland Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the South Portland Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the South Portland Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and advice that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

South Portland Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that has gone to jail and need to contact them? Do you know somebody that’s been arrested and you need to find them?

In order to look up who’s in jail at the South Portland Police Jail you should use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The South Portland Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to get information on anyone processed or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate the information faster if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

South Portland Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the South Portland Police Jail takes you through these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you use the telephone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get released. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

South Portland Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the South Portland Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be entered into a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. All visitors must provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at South Portland Police Jail are always changing, so you should call the jail at 207-799-5511 before you try to visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the South Portland Police Jail you have to be added to their approved visitation list.

Make 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.

No mobile phones at South Portland Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 even magazines to an inmate at the South Portland Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the South Portland 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to someone incarcerated at South Portland Police Jail:

South Portland Police Jail
30 Anthoine Street
South Portland, ME 04106-4403

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
South Portland Police Jail
30 Anthoine Street
South Portland, ME 04106-4403

The inmate mail policy at the South Portland Police Jail is always changing, so we suggest that you check the official website when you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the South Portland 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 South Portland 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the court records on the Cumberland County jail website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Cumberland County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a court docket and all filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access court records via the internet, or at the Cumberland County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to South Portland Police Jail jail inmates are always changing, so you should check the South Portland Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at South Portland 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 South Portland Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 207-799-5511 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 inmateâ€™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 South Portland Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember 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 a selection of different products that the inmate can buy 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 such as 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 South Portland Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The South Portland Police Jail phone number is: 207-799-5511

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from 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 South Portland 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 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 decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone 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 South Portland Police Jail, click the link below.

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