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Ambridge Police Jail Information

Address

Ambridge Police Jail
600 11Th Street
Ambridge, PA 15003-2377

Phone Number

Phone Number: 724-266-3270

The Ambridge Police Jail is located at 600 11Th Street in Ambridge, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Ambridge Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Ambridge Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Ambridge Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much much more.

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and also any comments or feedback that would help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Ambridge Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend that is locked up and need to find them? Do you know a friend or family member that has been arrested and you don’t know how to find out where they are?

In order to search who’s in jail at the Ambridge Police Jail you need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ambridge Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who have been arrested, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find the same information about anyone arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate the information quicker if you’ve got their name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Ambridge Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Ambridge Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

You have to answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full name, address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to use the phone in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate must figure out your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a discharge date, plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Ambridge Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must provide each visitor’s full name to the Ambridge Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will go in a Visiting log as an approved visitor. Every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Ambridge Police Jail frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 724-266-3270 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

Before you can visit someone at the Ambridge Police Jail you have to be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Ambridge Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Ambridge Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ambridge 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

The mailing address for the Ambridge Police Jail is:

Ambridge Police Jail
600 11Th Street
Ambridge, PA 15003-2377

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Ambridge Police Jail
600 11Th Street
Ambridge, PA 15003-2377

The mail policy at the Ambridge Police Jail changes, so be sure to review the site 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 Ambridge 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 Ambridge 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants online or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Beaver County jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket and any documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access court records on the internet, or at the Beaver County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from other states. Go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail are always changing, so we suggest that you check the Ambridge Police Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ambridge 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 Ambridge Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 724-266-3270 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 Ambridge Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Ambridge Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are typically more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Ambridge Police Jail phone number is: 724-266-3270

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from all 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 Ambridge Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. 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 cases like this, the facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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