Dickson City Police Jail

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The Dickson City Police Jail is located at 801 Boulevard Avenue in Dickson City, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Dickson City Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Dickson City Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Lackawanna County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that would help other people in the same situation is welcome.

Dickson City Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Dickson City Police Jail Inmate Search has information about people currently in custody, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get information on anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their inmate information fast if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Dickson City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Dickson City Police Jail includes these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer a number of questions, like what is your full name, home address, birth date and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to make a phone call to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day long. So, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you have a cash bond or if a judge still needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, 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, you should expect to be discharged in the morning.

Dickson City Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to provide information about each visitor to the Dickson City Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Dickson City Police Jail frequently change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 570-489-3231 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Dickson City Police Jail you must first have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Dickson City Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually 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, this 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 Dickson City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Dickson City 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 Dickson City 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 Dickson City 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 for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Lackawanna County court website or 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 know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Lackawanna County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a court docket and all filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to the Lackawanna County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Dickson City Police Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so you should visit the Dickson City Police Jail website before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Dickson City 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 Dickson City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 570-489-3231 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 Dickson City Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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

The only phone calls that Dickson City Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Dickson City Police Jail phone number is: 570-489-3231

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Dickson City Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 is 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. 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 cases like this, the facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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