Bucks County Prison

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The Bucks County Prison is located at 1730 South Easton Road in Doylestown, PA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Bucks County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you information about anything you might want to know about the Bucks County Prison, such as how to locate an inmate at the Bucks County Prison, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you info that you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that could be a benefit to others would be welcome.

Bucks County Prison Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bucks County Prison Inmate Roster is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find the same information on anyone booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information fast if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Bucks County Prison Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Bucks County Prison takes you through 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 answer some questions, like your full legal name, address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you use the telephone in order to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed 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 post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process can take anywhere from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get released. Also, it can depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if the judge must decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Bucks County Prison Visitation

Inmates must list information about each visitor to the Bucks County Prison in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

The Bucks County Prison visitation procedures are always changing, so it would be wise to call the jail at (215) 345-3700 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Bucks County Prison you have to be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Make 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 without it.

No mobile phones at Bucks County Prison, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not normally 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to 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 magazines to an inmate at the Bucks County Prison. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bucks County Prison 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 Bucks County Prison. 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 Bucks County Prison 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Bucks County court website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear 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 Bucks County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates could change, so you should double check the Bucks County Prison website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bucks County Prison

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 Bucks County Prison uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (215) 345-3700 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 Bucks County Prison store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Bucks County Prison are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are much pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (215) 345-3700

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider 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 Bucks County Prison. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 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 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 circumstances 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Bucks County Prison, click the link below.

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