Broome County Public Safety

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The Broome County Public Safety is located at 155 Lt Vanwinkle Drive in Binghamton, NY and is a medium security county jail operated by the Broome County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Broome County Public Safety, like how to locate an inmate at the Broome County Public Safety, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Broome County Public Safety
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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and tips you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and also any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to others would be appreciated.

Broome County Public Safety Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Broome County Public Safety Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who are in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to find the same information about anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information more quickly if you enter their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Broome County Public Safety Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Broome County Public Safety takes you through these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer some simple questions, like what is your full name, address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a phone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get released. It also will depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, plan to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Broome County Public Safety Visitation

The inmate need to list information about each visitor to the Broome County Public Safety before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be put in the visitation log as an Authorized visit. All visitors will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies can change, so we suggest that you call the jail at (607) 778-8865 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Broome County Public Safety you have to first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring 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 Broome County Public Safety, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone on 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 and is a family member of the inmate, they will have to 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Broome County Public Safety. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Broome County Public Safety 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 Broome County Public Safety. 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 Broome County Public Safety 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 find out by checking the court records on the Broome 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 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 a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Broome County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to the Broome County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful 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 a person’s crminal records you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates is likely to change, so we suggest that you visit the Broome County Public Safety website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Broome County Public Safety

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 Broome County Public Safety uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (607) 778-8865 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 Broome County Public Safety store. You can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products like 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 Broome County Public Safety inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. 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 should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or totally denied.

The Broome County Public Safety phone number is: (607) 778-8865

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Broome County Public Safety. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money 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 any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison 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 Broome County Public Safety, click the link below.

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