Monroeville Police Jail

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The Monroeville Police Jail is located at 2700 Monroeville Boulevard in Monroeville, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Monroeville Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything one might want to know about the Monroeville Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Monroeville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer advice and information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and any tips or comments that could help others will be welcome.

Monroeville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Monroeville Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who have been arrested, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find information for anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate the information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Monroeville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you must answer some basic questions, such as your full name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will get 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 released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Monroeville Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Monroeville Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in a Visiting log as an approved visitor. Every visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so we suggest that you call the facility at 412-856-3324 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Monroeville Police Jail you must first be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Monroeville Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 Monroeville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Monroeville 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 Monroeville 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 Monroeville 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 an outstanding warrant, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Allegheny County court website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know 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 first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access your court records online, or at the Allegheny County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Monroeville Police Jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you check the Monroeville Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Monroeville 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 Monroeville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 412-856-3324 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 Monroeville Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

The only phone calls that Monroeville Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about 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 a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 412-856-3324

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Monroeville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 is 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone call 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 Monroeville Police Jail, click the link below.

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