Tioga Police Jail

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The Tioga Police Jail is located at 18 North Main Street in Tioga, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Tioga Boro Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything one might want to know about the Tioga Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Tioga Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the advice and information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Tioga Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Tioga Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find information for anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Tioga Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Tioga Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you make a phone call in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get released. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to determine your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the date of your release, you should expect to be discharged in the morning.

Tioga Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Tioga Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be put into a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Each visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

The Tioga Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so you should call the facility at 570-835-5226 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Tioga Police Jail you must first have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Tioga Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 under the age of 18 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 Tioga Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Tioga 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 Tioga 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 Tioga 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants online or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates change frequently, so you should double check the Tioga Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Tioga 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 Tioga Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 570-835-5226 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 Tioga Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind 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 purchase if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Tioga Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls might get reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 570-835-5226

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money 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 Tioga Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 decrease 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 significantly on calling your inmate. In some cases, 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 so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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