Chester Police Jail

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The Chester Police Jail is located at 160 East 7Th Street in Chester, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Chester City Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Chester Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Chester Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Delaware County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information that you’ll need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and also any tips or comments that could help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Chester Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Chester Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find info on anybody booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information fast if you have their name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Chester Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Chester Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer some questions, like what is your full legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological 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 discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get let go. It also can depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge has to determine your bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the date of your release, you should expect to be discharged that morning.

Chester Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give information about each visitor to the Chester Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will be entered in the visitors log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Chester Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the jail at 610-447-7931 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Chester Police Jail you must have your name on their visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Chester Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 under the age of 18 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Chester Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Chester 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 Chester 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 Chester 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a docket and any documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access court records online, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug offenses such as 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 rules for sending money to people in jail are always changing, so you should review the Chester Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Chester 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 Chester Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 610-447-7931 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 Chester Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Chester Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 610-447-7931

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Chester 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 learning 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 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. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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