Shandaken Police Jail

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The Shandaken Police Jail is located at 64 State Route 42 in Shandaken, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Town Of Shandaken Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Shandaken Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Shandaken Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information and advice that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and also any tips or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Shandaken Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Shandaken Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find information on anyone booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Shandaken Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Shandaken Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

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

You will be allowed to make a phone call in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process can take between 15 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will be released. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge must determine how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, you should expect to be discharged that morning.

Shandaken Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Shandaken Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be put in the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Shandaken Police Jail change often, so you should call the facility at 845-688-9902 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Shandaken Police Jail you must first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Shandaken Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 Shandaken Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Shandaken 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 Shandaken 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 Shandaken 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 might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access court records on the Ulster County court website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear 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, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any documents filed in the case. You can access court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates change frequently, so review the Shandaken Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Shandaken 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 Shandaken Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 845-688-9902 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 Shandaken Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as 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 get that privilege taken away from you.

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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Shandaken Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are much 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 a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated completely.

The Shandaken Police Jail phone number is: 845-688-9902

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Shandaken Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their inmate 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 Shandaken Police Jail, click the link below.

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