Huntingdon Valley Police Jail

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The Huntingdon Valley Police Jail is located at 640 Red Lion Road in Huntingdon Valley, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lower Moreland Township Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Huntingdon Valley Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Huntingdon Valley Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Huntingdon Valley Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Huntingdon Valley Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of individuals currently in custody, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also get info on anyone booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information faster if you enter their full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Huntingdon Valley Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer some questions, like what is your legal name, street address, birth date and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to use the telephone to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged will take anywhere from 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get discharged. Also, it might depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to determine your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to get released that morning.

Huntingdon Valley Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list each visitor’s name to the Huntingdon Valley Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will go in the visitation log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor must provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

The Huntingdon Valley Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the jail at 215-947-3132 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Huntingdon Valley Police Jail you must be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Huntingdon Valley Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they must 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 old 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 Huntingdon Valley Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Huntingdon Valley 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 Huntingdon Valley 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 Huntingdon Valley 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 for your arrest, you can access court records on the Montgomery County jail website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Montgomery County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket and all filings and documents filed in the case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

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

A search of someone’s criminal history you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DWI or DUI, drug offenses, 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 Huntingdon Valley Police Jail jail inmates change frequently, so we suggest that you review the Huntingdon Valley Police Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Huntingdon Valley 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 Huntingdon Valley Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 215-947-3132 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 Huntingdon Valley Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as 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 Huntingdon Valley Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 215-947-3132

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make 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 Huntingdon Valley Police Jail. The prices 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 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, 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 so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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