Elmira Heights Police Jail

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The Elmira Heights Police Jail is located at 215 Elmwood Avenue in Elmira Heights, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Elmira Heights Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Elmira Heights Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Elmira Heights Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the advice and information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Elmira Heights Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Elmira Heights Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and schedule for visitation. You can also get info for anybody who has been arrested or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their inmate information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Elmira Heights Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Elmira Heights Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you will have to answer some simple questions, like what is your legal name, home address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you use the telephone in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process takes from 30 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the faster you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Elmira Heights Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Elmira Heights Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put into a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so you should call the jail at 607-733-6580 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Elmira Heights Police Jail you have to have your name on their approved visitation list.

Make 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 phones at Elmira Heights Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Elmira Heights Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Elmira Heights 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 Elmira Heights 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 Elmira Heights 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, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Chemung County court website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear 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 first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Chemung County jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file containing a docket and any documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the Chemung County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to the Chemung County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Elmira Heights Police Jail change frequently, so be sure to double check the Elmira Heights Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Elmira Heights 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 Elmira Heights Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 607-733-6580 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 Elmira Heights Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Elmira Heights Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Elmira Heights Police Jail phone number is: 607-733-6580

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of 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 Elmira Heights Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different 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 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 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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