Jermyn Police Jail

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The Jermyn Police Jail is located at 440 Jefferson Avenue in Jermyn, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Jermyn Borough Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about everything you might want to know about the Jermyn Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Jermyn Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and tips that you need to make the process easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to others will be welcome.

Jermyn Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Jermyn Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals who are in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get information about anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can get the information quicker if you have the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Jermyn Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Jermyn Police Jail takes you through 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.

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

They will allow you to make a phone call so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process can take anywhere from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will be released. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate has to figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, you should plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Jermyn Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Jermyn Police Jail in advance. This information will be put in a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so make sure that you call the official Jermyn Police Jail at 570-876-1330 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Jermyn Police Jail you must first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take 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 Jermyn Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 under the age of 18 and is not related to the inmate, the minor 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 Jermyn Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Jermyn 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 Jermyn 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 Jermyn 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 an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the court records on the Lackawanna County court website or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that includes a docket and any filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the Lackawanna County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for crimes, which include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail can change at any time, so be sure to visit the Jermyn Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Jermyn 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 Jermyn Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 570-876-1330 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 Jermyn Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Jermyn Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are usually pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, phone privileges could be reduced or cut altogether.

The Jermyn Police Jail phone number is: 570-876-1330

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 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 Jermyn 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail 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 Jermyn Police Jail, click the link below.

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