Northern Cambria Police Jail

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The Northern Cambria Police Jail is located at 1202 Philadelphia Avenue in Northern Cambria, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Northern Cambria Borough Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything related to the Northern Cambria Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Northern Cambria Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Cambria County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give info you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to others is welcome.

Northern Cambria Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Northern Cambria Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of individuals who are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to find information on anybody arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get the information quicker if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Northern Cambria Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Northern Cambria Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed 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 a number of questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. This process may take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you can get out of jail. It also depends on whether or not you have a cash bond or if a judge needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a release date, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Northern Cambria Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide information about each visitor to the Northern Cambria Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be entered in a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Northern Cambria Police Jail frequently change, so we suggest that you call the official Northern Cambria Police Jail at 814-948-4884 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Northern Cambria Police Jail you must first have your name on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Northern Cambria Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not normally 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 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 Northern Cambria Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Northern Cambria 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 Northern Cambria 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 Northern Cambria 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 are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Cambria County court website or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Cambria County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records online, or at the Cambria County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail are always changing, so visit the Northern Cambria Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Northern Cambria 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 Northern Cambria Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 814-948-4884 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 Northern Cambria Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their account. These items 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 Northern Cambria Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or totally denied.

The Northern Cambria Police Jail phone number is: 814-948-4884

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from 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 Northern Cambria Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 significantly on calling your inmate. 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 these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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