Homer City Police Jail

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The Homer City Police Jail is located at 30 East Wiley Street in Homer City, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Homer City Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything you might need to know about the Homer City Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Homer City Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Indiana County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give info that you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to others is appreciated.

Homer City Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Homer City Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find information on anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information faster if you enter their name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Homer City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Homer City Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to use the phone so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process may take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get let go. It also might depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if a judge still needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the date of your release, plan to be discharged that morning.

Homer City Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide each visitor’s full name to the Homer City Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go into a log of visitors for the inmate. Each visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Homer City Police Jail can change, so make sure that you call the facility at 724-479-9190 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Homer City Police Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Make 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 mobile phones are allowed at Homer City Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 younger than 18 years old 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Homer City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Homer 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 Homer 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 Homer 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 think you have an outstanding warrant, you can check the court records on the website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s 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, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Indiana County jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file containing a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records online, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Homer City Police Jail could change, so check the Homer City Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Homer 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 Homer City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 724-479-9190 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 Homer City Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind 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 products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Homer City Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone may be limited or totally denied.

The Homer City Police Jail phone number is: 724-479-9190

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Homer City Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail 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 Homer City Police Jail, click the link below.

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