Strasburg Police Jail

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The Strasburg Police Jail is located at 145 Precision Avenue in Strasburg, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Strasburg Borough Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Strasburg Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Strasburg Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Strasburg Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Strasburg Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals currently in custody, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get the same information for anybody arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate the information faster if you enter their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Strasburg Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you will answer some basic questions, such as what is your full legal name, your address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process takes anywhere from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. It also depends on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, plan to get released that morning.

Strasburg Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Strasburg Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will go into a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors must provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so you should call the jail at 717-687-7128 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Strasburg Police Jail you must first be on this person’s approved 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.

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

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 the 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 magazines to an inmate at the Strasburg Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Strasburg 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 Strasburg 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 Strasburg 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Lancaster County court website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a court docket and all filings and documents filed in the case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the Lancaster County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Strasburg Police Jail might change, so double check the Strasburg Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Strasburg 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 Strasburg Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 717-687-7128 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 Strasburg Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely 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 the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products 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 Strasburg Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are much more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

The Strasburg Police Jail phone number is: 717-687-7128

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Strasburg Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 learning 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 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. In some cases, 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 these cases, the facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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