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Sykesville Police Jail Information

Address

Sykesville Police Jail
21 East Main Street
Sykesville, PA 15865-1105

Phone Number

Phone: 814-894-2408

The Sykesville Police Jail is located at 21 East Main Street in Sykesville, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Sykesville Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about everything you might want to know about the Sykesville Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to offer info that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Sykesville Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member in jail and want to locate them? Do you know a friend or family member who’s been arrested and you want to find out where they are?

To find out who is in jail at the Sykesville Police Jail you will have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sykesville Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals currently in custody, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get info on anybody booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their arrest information faster if you have their full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Sykesville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Sykesville Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your legal name, street address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will be allowed to use the phone 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, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes between 30 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Sykesville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s name to the Sykesville Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be put in a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so make sure that you call the jail at 814-894-2408 before you try to visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

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

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

No cellphones are allowed at Sykesville Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. 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 they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 of age and is not related to 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 magazines to an inmate at the Sykesville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sykesville 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.

Mailing Address

If you would like to send a letter to an inmate at Sykesville Police Jail, use this address:

Sykesville Police Jail
21 East Main Street
Sykesville, PA 15865-1105

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Sykesville Police Jail
21 East Main Street
Sykesville, PA 15865-1105

The inmate mail policy at the Sykesville Police Jail changes often, so you should review the the Sykesville Police Jail website before you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Sykesville 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 Sykesville 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 inquiry online or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Jefferson County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket and any documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records online, or at the Jefferson County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete 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 these crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Sykesville Police Jail inmates change frequently, so double check the Sykesville Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sykesville 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 Sykesville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 814-894-2408 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 inmateâ€™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 Sykesville Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Sykesville Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or cut altogether.

The Sykesville Police Jail phone number is: 814-894-2408

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all 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 Sykesville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t 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 or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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