Windber Police Jail

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The Windber Police Jail is located at 1741 Basin Drive in Windber, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Paint Township Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Windber Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Windber Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information you need to make the process easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Windber Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Windber Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people currently in custody, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find info for anyone processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find the information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Windber Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you have to answer some simple questions, like what is your full name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to make a phone call in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to 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 issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process may take between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get released. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge must figure out your bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, you should plan to be released that morning.

Windber Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s name to the Windber Police Jail in advance. This information will be put into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the official Windber Police Jail at 814-467-8444 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Windber Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Windber Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 Windber Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Windber 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 Windber 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 Windber 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the Somerset County jail website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file that includes a court docket and all filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Windber Police Jail are always changing, so you should check the Windber Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Windber 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 Windber Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 814-467-8444 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 Windber Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably 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 buy if they have money in their trust account. These products 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

The only phone calls that Windber Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Windber Police Jail phone number is: 814-467-8444

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Windber Police Jail. The rates 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 learning 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 cases like this, the jail or prison 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 Windber Police Jail, click the link below.

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