Spring Valley Police Jail

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The Spring Valley Police Jail is located at 200 North Main Street in Spring Valley, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Village Of Spring Valley Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Spring Valley Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Spring Valley Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Rockland County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the advice and information you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have questions, just ask it, and also any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to others will be appreciated.

Spring Valley Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Spring Valley Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. You can find the same information for anybody arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You can get their arrest information faster if you’ve got their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Spring Valley Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Spring Valley Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

First, you must answer some questions, like what is your full name, home address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the phone in order to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process takes anywhere between 30 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must figure out your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Spring Valley Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to provide each visitor’s name to the Spring Valley Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go into a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so call the facility at 845-356-7400 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Spring Valley Police Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Spring Valley Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the 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 a 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Spring Valley Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Spring Valley 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 Spring Valley 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 Spring Valley 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Rockland County court website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket and all of the documents filed in your case. You can access court records on the website, or at the Rockland County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates might change, so review the Spring Valley Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Spring Valley 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 Spring Valley Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 845-356-7400 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 Spring Valley Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind 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 the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary 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

All phone calls from the Spring Valley Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Spring Valley Police Jail phone number is: 845-356-7400

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 they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Spring Valley Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 these cases, the jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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