Adams Police Jail

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The Adams Police Jail is located at 3 South Main Street in Adams, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Adams Village Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Adams Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Adams Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Jefferson County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you advice and information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that might be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

Adams Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Adams Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get the same information about anybody arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate the information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Adams Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Adams Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

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

You will be allowed to use the phone in order to call family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. So, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you have a bond amount or if the judge must decide on how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, expect to be discharged in the morning.

Adams Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s full name to the Adams Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will go into a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. Each visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so call the jail at 315-232-2912 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Adams Police Jail you must be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Adams Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. 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 will have to 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 old 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 magazines to an inmate at the Adams Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Adams 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 Adams 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 Adams 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 check arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you can 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. 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 first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Jefferson County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records online, or at the Jefferson County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. Go to the Jefferson County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Adams Police Jail is likely to change, so you should double check the Adams Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Adams 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 Adams Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 315-232-2912 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 Adams Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products such as 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 Adams Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, phone calls may be limited or totally denied.

Phone Number: 315-232-2912

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all of the 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 Adams 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 finding out how to decrease 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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