Douglassville Police Jail

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The Douglassville Police Jail is located at 2004 Weavertown Road in Douglassville, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Amity Township Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Douglassville Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the info you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and also any tips or comments that might be a benefit to others is welcome.

Douglassville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Douglassville Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. You can also get the same information for anyone who has been arrested or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find their inmate information fast if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Douglassville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Douglassville Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will be allowed to use the phone in order to contact 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 allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process takes from 30 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you have a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to figure out the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, you should plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Douglassville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Douglassville Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will be put into a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. All visitors has to provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so call the facility at 610-689-6002 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Douglassville Police Jail you must be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Douglassville Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Douglassville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Douglassville 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 Douglassville 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 Douglassville 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the Berks County court website or call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Berks County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all documents filed in the case. You can access the court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to the Berks County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

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

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to people in jail might change, so visit the Douglassville Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Douglassville 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 Douglassville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 610-689-6002 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 Douglassville Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their trust 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 Douglassville Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are much pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to 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 are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Douglassville Police Jail phone number is: 610-689-6002

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of 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 Douglassville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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