Coal Township Police Jail

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The Coal Township Police Jail is located at 805 West Lynn Street in Coal Township, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Coal Township Police Department.

This page will tell you info about everything you might want to know about the Coal Township Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information and advice that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to others is welcome.

Coal Township Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Coal Township Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who are in jail, including status, and times you can visit. You can also get information about anybody booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their arrest information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Coal Township Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Coal Township Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

You have to answer some simple questions, such as what is your full name, your address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you use the telephone in order to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process will take from 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will get discharged. Also, it will depend on if you have a cash bond or if the judge still needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the discharge date, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Coal Township Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Coal Township Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered in a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so you should call the facility at 570-644-0333 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Coal Township Police Jail you have to first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Coal Township Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Coal Township Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Coal Township 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 Coal Township 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 Coal Township 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the Northumberland County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. 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, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file that contains a court docket and all of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Northumberland County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, 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 may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Coal Township Police Jail is likely to change, so review the Coal Township Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Coal Township 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 Coal Township Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 570-644-0333 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 Coal Township Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 Coal Township Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, 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 jail rules, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 570-644-0333

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control 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 Coal Township Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 finding 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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