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Lehigh County Prison Information

Address

Lehigh County Prison
38 North Fourth Street
Allentown, PA 18102

Phone Number

Phone: (610) 782-3270

The Lehigh County Prison is located at 38 North Fourth Street in Allentown, PA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Lehigh County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Lehigh County Prison, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Lehigh County Prison, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, much more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to offer advice and information that you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Lehigh County Prison Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend that is locked up and want to find out where they are? Do you know a family member or friend that has been arrested and you want to locate them?

In order to see who is in jail at the Lehigh County Prison you will need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lehigh County Prison Inmate Locator has information about people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get information on anybody arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find the information faster if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Lehigh County Prison Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Lehigh County Prison is made up of each of 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.

The first step is that you have to answer a number of questions, like what is your full name, home address, birth date and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to use the telephone in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take between 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get discharged. It also depends on whether you have a cash bond or if the judge still needs to determine your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, plan to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Lehigh County Prison Visitation

Inmates must list each visitor’s name to the Lehigh County Prison in advance of the visit. This information will be entered in the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor has to provide identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Lehigh County Prison visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the jail at (610) 782-3270 before you try to go to visitation.

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

In order to visit someone at the Lehigh County Prison you must first be on their visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Lehigh County Prison, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally 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 younger than 18 years old and is not related to the inmate, this 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 Lehigh County Prison. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lehigh County Prison 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

The mailing address for the Lehigh County Prison is:

Lehigh County Prison
38 North Fourth Street
Allentown, PA 18102

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Lehigh County Prison
38 North Fourth Street
Allentown, PA 18102

The Lehigh County Prison mail policy is always changing, so it would be best to review the site when send a letter to someone in jail there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Lehigh County Prison. 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 Lehigh County Prison 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, you can check arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. 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, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file that contains a docket and all filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates could change, so review the Lehigh County Prison website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lehigh County Prison

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 Lehigh County Prison uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (610) 782-3270 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 Lehigh County Prison store. You can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Lehigh County Prison are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are much more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Lehigh County Prison phone number is: (610) 782-3270

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits 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 Lehigh County Prison. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 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 any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their 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 Lehigh County Prison, click the link below.

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