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Forty Fort Police Jail Information

Address

Forty Fort Police Jail
1271 Wyoming Avenue
Forty Fort, PA 18704-4101

Phone Number

Phone: 570-287-8586

The Forty Fort Police Jail is located at 1271 Wyoming Avenue in Forty Fort, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Forty Fort Borough Police Department.

This page will tell you info about anything you might need to know about the Forty Fort Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the advice and information that you need to make going to jail easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Forty Fort Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you know someone that is locked up and need to find out where they are? Do you know a family member or friend that has been arrested and you need to find them?

In order to look up who is in jail at the Forty Fort Police Jail you will have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Forty Fort Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find information about anybody booked or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information fast if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Forty Fort Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Forty Fort Police Jail takes you through these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

You will have to answer some questions, such as your legal name, street address, birth date and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get 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 a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process may take from 30 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the faster you will be released. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, you should expect to get released in the morning.

Forty Fort Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Forty Fort Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

The Forty Fort Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so call the facility at 570-287-8586 before go to the jail 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 an inmate at the Forty Fort Police Jail you have to be on this person’s visitation list.

Make sure to take 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 at Forty Fort Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer 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 must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 Forty Fort Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Forty Fort 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 Forty Fort Police Jail, use this address:

Forty Fort Police Jail
1271 Wyoming Avenue
Forty Fort, PA 18704-4101

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Forty Fort Police Jail
1271 Wyoming Avenue
Forty Fort, PA 18704-4101

The Forty Fort Police Jail mail policy changes often, so check the official website when send a letter to someone in jail there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Forty Fort 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 Forty Fort 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Luzerne County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to the Luzerne County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Forty Fort Police Jail are always changing, so you should double check the Forty Fort Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Forty Fort 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 Forty Fort Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 570-287-8586 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 Forty Fort Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Forty Fort Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or totally denied.

The Forty Fort Police Jail phone number is: 570-287-8586

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 the prices. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Forty Fort Police Jail. The prices 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 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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