Fort Plain Police Jail

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The Fort Plain Police Jail is located at 168 Canal Street in Fort Plain, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Fort Plain Police Department.

This site will tell you info about everything you might want to know about the Fort Plain Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Fort Plain 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 purpose of this guide is to offer advice and information you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Fort Plain Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fort Plain Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals who have been arrested, which includes current status, and times you can visit. You can find information for anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information fast if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Fort Plain Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Fort Plain Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you will have to answer a number of questions, like what is your full name, address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you make a phone call so you can call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you have a cash bond or if the judge needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, expect to get discharged that morning.

Fort Plain Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Fort Plain Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will be entered into a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Fort Plain Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the jail at 518-993-3781 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Fort Plain Police Jail you have to have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Fort Plain Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they must 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 Fort Plain Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fort Plain 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 Fort Plain 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 Fort Plain 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 access arrest warrants inquiry on the Montgomery County court website or call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. 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 name, and their arrest date, contact the Montgomery County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file that includes a court docket and all of the documents filed in the court case. You can access court records on their website, or at the Montgomery County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to the Montgomery County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates might change, so it would be best to check the Fort Plain Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fort Plain 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 Fort Plain Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 518-993-3781 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 Fort Plain Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to buy things from 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 the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Fort Plain Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are much more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about 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, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 518-993-3781

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Fort Plain Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to lower 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 calling 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 cases like this, the jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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