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Tarentum Police Jail Information

Address

Tarentum Police Jail
3054 Howes Run Road
Tarentum, PA 15084-3633

Phone Number

Phone: 724-226-3307

The Tarentum Police Jail is located at 3054 Howes Run Road in Tarentum, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Fawn Township Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the Tarentum Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and lots more.

Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information and tips you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask it, and any tips or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Tarentum Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend that has gone to jail and need to locate them? Do you know somebody who has been arrested and you want to find them?

To see who’s in jail at the Tarentum Police Jail you have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Tarentum Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people who are in jail, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find the same information about anybody booked or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can get their inmate information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Tarentum Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you will answer some simple questions, such as your full name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to use the telephone to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process will take from 15 minutes to all day. In other words the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will be released. It also depends on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to get released that morning.

Tarentum Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give information about each visitor to the Tarentum Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will go into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Each visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies can change, so call the facility at 724-226-3307 before you try to visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Tarentum Police Jail you must have your name on this person’s 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 without it.

No phones are allowed at Tarentum Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 younger than 18 years old 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 magazines to an inmate at the Tarentum Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Tarentum 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to someone incarcerated at Tarentum Police Jail:

Tarentum Police Jail
3054 Howes Run Road
Tarentum, PA 15084-3633

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Tarentum Police Jail
3054 Howes Run Road
Tarentum, PA 15084-3633

The Tarentum Police Jail mail policy changes often, so we suggest that you double check the official website when you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Tarentum 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 Tarentum 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 for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the Allegheny County jail website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that includes a docket and any documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on the internet, 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 history. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail change frequently, so you should visit the Tarentum Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Tarentum 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 Tarentum Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 724-226-3307 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 inmateâ€™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 Tarentum Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Tarentum Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone may be limited or cut altogether.

The Tarentum Police Jail phone number is: 724-226-3307

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers 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 money these phone service providers make 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 Tarentum Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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