Millerton Police Jail

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The Millerton Police Jail is located at 21 Dutchess Avenue in Millerton, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Village Of Millerton Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Millerton Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Millerton Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Dutchess County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you advice and information you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any tips or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Millerton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Millerton Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. You can also get the same information for anybody booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Millerton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Millerton Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

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

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, it can depend on whether you have a bond amount or if a magistrate has to determine your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, expect to be discharged in the morning.

Millerton Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Millerton Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be put into a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. Each visitor has to provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the facility at 518-789-6355 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Millerton Police Jail you have to be on the inmate’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 phones at Millerton Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation 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 must 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 of age and is not a family member of 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Millerton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Millerton 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 Millerton 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 Millerton 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 find out by checking the 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 the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that contains a docket and all filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the Dutchess County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail change frequently, so we suggest that you review the Millerton Police Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Millerton 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 Millerton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 518-789-6355 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 Millerton Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely 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 an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Millerton Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden.

The Millerton Police Jail phone number is: 518-789-6355

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Millerton Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison 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 Millerton Police Jail, click the link below.

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