Lower Burrell Police Jail

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The Lower Burrell Police Jail is located at 2800 Bethel Street in Lower Burrell, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lower Burrell Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything related to the Lower Burrell Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Lower Burrell Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that could help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Lower Burrell Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lower Burrell Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find information about anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Lower Burrell Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you use the phone in order to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, plan to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Lower Burrell Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Lower Burrell Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be put into the visitation log for the inmate. Each visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 724-339-4287 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Lower Burrell Police Jail you have to be on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Lower Burrell Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Lower Burrell Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lower Burrell 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 Lower Burrell 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 Lower Burrell 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 can find out by checking the court records on the Westmoreland County jail website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can 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. They include a court case file that includes a docket and all documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to the Westmoreland County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates are always changing, so check the Lower Burrell Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lower Burrell 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 Lower Burrell Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 724-339-4287 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 Lower Burrell Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

All phone calls from the Lower Burrell Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 724-339-4287

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 the prices. The profits off of all of the 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 Lower Burrell Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to lower 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 money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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