Temple Police Jail

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The Temple Police Jail is located at 5401 Leesport Avenue in Temple, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Muhlenberg Township Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Temple Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information and advice that you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask it, and also any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Temple Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Temple Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find info for anybody booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get the information quicker if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Temple Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Temple Police Jail includes the following 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 will have to answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get discharged. Also, it can depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate has to figure out the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, plan to get discharged in the morning.

Temple Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Temple Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will go in a log of visitors for the inmate. All visitors is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Temple Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 610-929-5454 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Temple Police Jail you must first be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Temple Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. 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 of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Temple Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Temple 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 Temple 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 Temple 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 on the website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Berks County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file containing a docket and any of the documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail could change, so it would be best to review the Temple Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Temple 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 Temple Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 610-929-5454 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 Temple Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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

All phone calls from the Temple Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are typically more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to 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 break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 610-929-5454

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money 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 Temple Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore 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 will be able to save you money.

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

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