Horseheads Police Jail

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The Horseheads Police Jail is located at 202 South Main Street in Horseheads, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Village Of Horseheads Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything you might need to know about the Horseheads Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Horseheads Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that could help others will be welcome.

Horseheads Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Horseheads Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find information about anyone who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information faster if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Horseheads Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Horseheads Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

You must answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day. So, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge must figure out your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, you should plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Horseheads Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Horseheads Police Jail in advance. This information will be put in the visitation log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

The Horseheads Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 607-739-5668 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Horseheads Police Jail you have to be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Horseheads Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If the 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 of age 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 Horseheads Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Horseheads 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 Horseheads 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 Horseheads 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Chemung County jail website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Bear in mind 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 name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail are always changing, so be sure to visit the Horseheads Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Horseheads 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 Horseheads Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 607-739-5668 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 Horseheads Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

The only phone calls that Horseheads Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 607-739-5668

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Horseheads 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 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 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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