Claysville Police Jail

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The Claysville Police Jail is located at 727 Old National Pike in Claysville, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Donegal Township Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Claysville Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and any tips or comments that could help others would be much appreciated.

Claysville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Claysville Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get info about anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate the information more quickly if you have your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Claysville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Claysville Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You will answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full legal name, street address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get released. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to be discharged in the morning.

Claysville Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list each visitor’s name to the Claysville Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put in a log of visitors for the inmate. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Claysville Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 724-663-2654 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Claysville Police Jail you have to be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Claysville Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they must 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, this 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Claysville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Claysville 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 Claysville 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 Claysville 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 Washington County jail website or call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Washington County jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the case. You can access the court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates are always changing, so we suggest that you visit the Claysville Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Claysville 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 Claysville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 724-663-2654 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 Claysville Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as 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 an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Claysville Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are typically pricier than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Claysville Police Jail phone number is: 724-663-2654

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Claysville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where 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 inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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