Brookhaven Police Jail

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The Brookhaven Police Jail is located at 2 Cambridge Road in Brookhaven, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Brookhaven Borough Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything you might want to know about the Brookhaven Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Delaware County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you info that you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and any tips or comments that might be beneficial to others would be appreciated.

Brookhaven Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Brookhaven Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to find info about anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Brookhaven Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Brookhaven Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

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

First, you must answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

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

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process takes anywhere between 15 minutes to all day long. So, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, expect to get released in the morning.

Brookhaven Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must give each visitor’s full name to the Brookhaven Police Jail in advance. This information will be put into a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Brookhaven Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so call the official Brookhaven Police Jail at 610-876-6142 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Brookhaven Police Jail you have to be on their visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Brookhaven Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Brookhaven Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Brookhaven 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 Brookhaven 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 Brookhaven 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 court records on the Delaware County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. 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 know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Delaware County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file containing a court docket and all of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Brookhaven Police Jail is likely to change, so you should double check the Brookhaven Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Brookhaven 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 Brookhaven Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 610-876-6142 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 Brookhaven Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These items 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

All phone calls from the Brookhaven Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on 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 break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden completely.

The Brookhaven Police Jail phone number is: 610-876-6142

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of all of the inmate phone calls 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 Brookhaven Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 how much it costs you to call 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 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 Brookhaven Police Jail, click the link below.

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