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Altoona Police Jail Information

Address

Altoona Police Jail
1106 16Th Street
Altoona, PA 16601-3119

Phone Number

Phone Number: 814-949-2491

The Altoona Police Jail is located at 1106 16Th Street in Altoona, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Altoona Police Department.

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

Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and advice that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Altoona Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member, loved one, or friend that is incarcerated and want to locate them? Do you know a friend or family member who has been arrested and you don’t know how to find them?

To look up who is in jail at the Altoona Police Jail you will have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Altoona Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and times you can visit. You can find information about anyone processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find the information faster if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Altoona Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Altoona Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

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

You will then be allowed to make a phone call to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process can take between 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will be freed. It also will depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to figure out the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the release date, expect to be released in the morning.

Altoona Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Altoona Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Altoona Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the facility at 814-949-2491 before you try to go to visitation.

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 someone at the Altoona Police Jail you have to have your name on their visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Altoona Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor 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 Altoona Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Altoona 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 address that you should use if you are sending a letter to an inmate at the Altoona Police Jail is:

Altoona Police Jail
1106 16Th Street
Altoona, PA 16601-3119

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Altoona Police Jail
1106 16Th Street
Altoona, PA 16601-3119

The mail policy at the Altoona Police Jail is always changing, so we suggest that you review the site 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 Altoona 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 Altoona 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 think you might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the court records on the Blair County court website or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates might change, so be sure to visit the Altoona Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Altoona 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 Altoona Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 814-949-2491 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 Altoona Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Altoona Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or totally denied.

The Altoona Police Jail phone number is: 814-949-2491

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all 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 Altoona Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 state prisons and local 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 significantly on calling 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 these cases, the jail or prison has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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