Hyattsville Police Jail

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The Hyattsville Police Jail is located at 4310 Gallatin Street in Hyattsville, MD and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hyattsville Police Department.

This site tells you info about everything you might want to know about the Hyattsville Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Hyattsville Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give advice and information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and also any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Hyattsville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hyattsville Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals who are in jail, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get the same information about anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can get the information faster if you enter their name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Hyattsville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Hyattsville Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

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

The first step is that you have to answer a bunch of questions, like what is your legal name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you use the telephone to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get out of jail. It also might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge needs to determine the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, you should plan to get released in the morning.

Hyattsville Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list information about each visitor to the Hyattsville Police Jail before you can visit. This information will go into the visitation log for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor will have to provide identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Hyattsville Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 301-985-5050 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Hyattsville Police Jail you have to have your name on their approved 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 without it.

No cellphones at Hyattsville Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Hyattsville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hyattsville 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 Hyattsville 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 Hyattsville 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 for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Prince Georges County court website or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. 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 name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that contains a docket and all documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to the Prince Georges County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates are always changing, so we suggest that you check the Hyattsville Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hyattsville 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 Hyattsville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 301-985-5050 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 Hyattsville Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products such as 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 Hyattsville Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are much more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Hyattsville Police Jail phone number is: 301-985-5050

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Hyattsville 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 the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 finding out how to decrease 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where 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 facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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