Troy Police Jail

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The Troy Police Jail is located at 519 South Main Street in Troy, ID and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Troy Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything you might need to know about the Troy Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and tips you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Troy Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Troy Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info for anyone booked or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find their inmate information faster if you have your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Troy Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Troy Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you will answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to use the telephone to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take between 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge has to decide on the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, plan to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Troy Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Troy Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will be entered into the visitors log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so make sure that you call the official Troy Police Jail at 208-835-3190 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Troy Police Jail you must be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Troy Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation 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 under the age of 18 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Troy Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Troy 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 Troy 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 Troy 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check the court records on the website or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. 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, as well as their arrest date, contact the Latah County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all documents filed in the case. You can access court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Troy Police Jail is likely to change, so check the Troy Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Troy 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 Troy Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 208-835-3190 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 Troy Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably 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 money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Troy Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Troy Police Jail phone number is: 208-835-3190

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the inmate phone calls are shared 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 Troy 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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