Sharpsville Police Jail

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The Sharpsville Police Jail is located at 1 South Walnut Street in Sharpsville, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Sharpsville Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Sharpsville Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give info you need to make going to jail easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and also any tips or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Sharpsville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sharpsville Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people who are in jail, which includes status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find the same information about anyone booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their arrest information fast if you enter their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Sharpsville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

First, you must answer some questions, such as your full name, street address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the phone in order to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take between 10 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will 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 date of your release, you should plan to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Sharpsville Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must list each visitor’s name to the Sharpsville Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be put in a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Each visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Sharpsville Police Jail change often, so call the jail at 724-962-7829 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Sharpsville Police Jail you have to be added to their approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Sharpsville Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not 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 of age and is not related to 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 magazines to an inmate at the Sharpsville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sharpsville 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 Sharpsville 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 Sharpsville 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 an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Mercer County court website or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. 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 a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Mercer County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that contains a docket and any filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on the website, or at the Mercer County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail might change, so you should review the Sharpsville Police Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sharpsville 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 Sharpsville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 724-962-7829 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 Sharpsville Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need 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 products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Sharpsville Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely.

The Sharpsville Police Jail phone number is: 724-962-7829

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money 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 Sharpsville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different 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 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 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 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 Sharpsville Police Jail, click the link below.

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