Sherrill Police Jail

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The Sherrill Police Jail is located at 373 Sherrill Road in Sherrill, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Sherrill City Police Department.

This guide tells you info about everything a person needs to know about the Sherrill Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Sherrill Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Oneida County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to others would be appreciated.

Sherrill Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sherrill Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. You can find information on anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information faster if you enter their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Sherrill Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Sherrill Police Jail is made up of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you will answer some questions, like your full name, street address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you use the telephone so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge needs to determine your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, you should plan to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Sherrill Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Sherrill Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of visitors for the inmate. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 315-363-3200 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Sherrill Police Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Sherrill Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone on must get 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Sherrill Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sherrill 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 Sherrill 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 Sherrill 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Oneida 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 them. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to the Oneida County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Sherrill Police Jail inmates are always changing, so you should visit the Sherrill Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sherrill 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 Sherrill Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 315-363-3200 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 Sherrill Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely 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 money in their trust 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Sherrill Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are typically more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, phone calls may be limited or totally denied.

The Sherrill Police Jail phone number is: 315-363-3200

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Sherrill Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 keeps up to date 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. 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 cases like this, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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