Canajoharie Police Jail

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The Canajoharie Police Jail is located at 75 Erie Boulevard in Canajoharie, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Canajoharie Police Department.

This page will tell you info about anything one might want to know about the Canajoharie Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Canajoharie Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information and advice that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that might help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Canajoharie Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Canajoharie Police Jail Inmate List is a list of people who have been arrested, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get information for anybody arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate the information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Canajoharie Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Canajoharie Police Jail includes each of these steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer a number of questions, such as what is your legal name, your address, birth date and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, it depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge must determine how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to get discharged in the morning.

Canajoharie Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to give information about each visitor to the Canajoharie Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will go into a Visiting log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

The Canajoharie Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 518-673-3111 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Canajoharie Police Jail you must first be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Canajoharie Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not 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, 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 Canajoharie Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Canajoharie 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 Canajoharie 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 Canajoharie 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, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or 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. Keep in mind 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, and 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 available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Canajoharie Police Jail could change, so review the Canajoharie Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Canajoharie 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 Canajoharie Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 518-673-3111 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 Canajoharie Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want 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 products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Canajoharie Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or forbidden.

The Canajoharie Police Jail phone number is: 518-673-3111

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 money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Canajoharie Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 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 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 these cases, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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