Mercersburg Police Jail

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The Mercersburg Police Jail is located at 113 South Main Street in Mercersburg, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Mercersburg Police Department.

This page will tell you info about everything you might want to know about the Mercersburg Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Mercersburg Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mercersburg Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find information about anybody who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find the information faster if you have their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Mercersburg Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Mercersburg Police Jail includes the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to make a phone call in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

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

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you have a cash bond or if the judge has to determine your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Mercersburg Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide each visitor’s name to the Mercersburg Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be entered in the visitation log for the inmate. Each visitor must provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the official Mercersburg Police Jail at 717-328-3116 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Mercersburg Police Jail you must first be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Mercersburg Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they will have to 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 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 Mercersburg Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mercersburg 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 Mercersburg 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 Mercersburg 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants online or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Franklin County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file containing a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to the Franklin County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Mercersburg Police Jail might change, so we suggest that you check the Mercersburg Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mercersburg 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 Mercersburg Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 717-328-3116 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 Mercersburg Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These items 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 Mercersburg Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden.

The Mercersburg Police Jail phone number is: 717-328-3116

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Mercersburg Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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