Port Allegany Police Jail

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The Port Allegany Police Jail is located at 45 West Maple Street in Port Allegany, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Port Allegany Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Port Allegany Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give advice and information that you’ll need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Port Allegany Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Port Allegany Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can get information on anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find their inmate information fast if you have their name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Port Allegany Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Port Allegany Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your full legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you make a phone call so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process takes between 10 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get released. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate must figure out your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be released in the morning.

Port Allegany Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Port Allegany Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered into the visitors log for the requesting inmate. All visitors is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so you should call the jail at 814-642-2604 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Port Allegany Police Jail you have to be on this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Port Allegany Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Port Allegany Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Port Allegany 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 Port Allegany 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 Port Allegany 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 for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry online or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that contains a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at the Mckean 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 history. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to the Mckean County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail could change, so it would be best to check the Port Allegany Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Port Allegany 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 Port Allegany Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 814-642-2604 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 Port Allegany Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary 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

All phone calls from the Port Allegany Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are typically 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 you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

The Port Allegany Police Jail phone number is: 814-642-2604

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all of the 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 Port Allegany 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 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 state prisons and local 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 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 won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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