Danville Police Jail

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The Danville Police Jail is located at 1101 Bloom Street in Danville, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Mahoning Township Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Danville Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Danville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Montour County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info that you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Danville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Danville Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to get info about anybody who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate the information fast if you have your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Danville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Danville Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, your address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you use the telephone in order to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will be released. It also can depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate must figure out the bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, expect to get released in the morning.

Danville Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must give information about each visitor to the Danville Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will go in a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor is required to provide identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the jail at 570-275-5611 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Danville Police Jail you have to first have your name on their visitation list.

Make sure to take 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 are allowed at Danville Police Jail, and you will be searched. 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Danville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Danville 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 Danville 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 Danville 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 check arrest warrants inquiry on the Montour County court website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Montour County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file that contains a court docket and any documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Danville Police Jail inmates could change, so we suggest that you double check the Danville Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Danville 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 Danville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 570-275-5611 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 Danville Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Danville Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . 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 should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely.

The Danville Police Jail phone number is: 570-275-5611

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set 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 Danville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not 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 jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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