Franklin County PA Jail | Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

1804 Opportunity Ave
Chambersburg, PA 17201-7841

(717) 264-9513
(717) 264-2664
Franklin County PA Jail
Bill Bechtold
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Franklin County PA Jail

The Franklin County PA Jail in Franklin County serves as a prison facility for the city of Chambersburg and other smaller towns surrounding Franklin. As well as inmates awaiting transfer to other prisons, jails and State penitentiaries. When PA residents are sentenced to a medium prison, they are often sent to Franklin County PA Jail. The listed address of Franklin County PA Jail is 1804 Opportunity Ave. This is facility is located in Chambersburg, PA, 17201-7841. This city is in Franklin. Before traveling, you should always call the jail to verify your inmate is still located at this address and that they can receive visitors.

Prisons in PA, like many others these days can make it difficult and costly for inmates to call the outside. This is also true of Franklin County PA Jail. Some charge long distance fees of over $10 a minute making it almost impossible to maintain relationships and family ties. Inmate families have found they can avoid these abusive fees by setting up a local prison phone number that ring their long distance phone. A company called GlobalTel.com provides this service and they can be contacted here: jail calls. They also provide an easy way to send mail to an inmate. To use their mail service, click here: send postcards. Once you get set up with call service and can communicate with your inmate, it will be easier to start making plans for visitation. PA has many types of prison facility. City Jails, County Jails, State Jails and State Penitentiaries will each have their own rules and times for visitation and even rules for sending and receiving inmate mail

Franklin County PA Jail is a County Jail facility. It can be helpful to understand the type of facility because this will largely determine how inmates at Franklin County PA Jail will be treated. Prison is expensive. Even public prison facilities appear to be operating like for-profit prisons these days. Long distance phone calls are a favorite way for jails to make money. Charging inmates for everything from soap to toothpaste is another. Even sending your inmate money to buy these things will come with an added fee. The first thing to do is set up an economical line of communication as suggested above. Then you can communicate with the inmate to discuss a reasonable budget and how the family can work together to pay and keep it.

Franklin County PA Jail is located in the EST time zone. Ensure your call times match the correct time in your inmate's location. The current Franklin County PA Jail warden is Bill Bechtold. You can often talk directly with them at a smaller facility or write and email them at a larger one. This will naturally depend on the size and type of your prison facility. Franklin County PA Jail has a current occupancy of 323. The total inmate capacity of Franklin County PA Jail is officially 412. The living conditions at facilities like Franklin County PA Jail are often determined by the level of overcrowding. Having to share a bed or having too many inmates in a tight space can lead to conflicts. Prison families can do a lot to help each other and their inmates in Franklin County PA Jail by sharing information about this facility with other families. We make that easy. Take a moment to share your experiences at Franklin County PA Jail. Everything from suggestions about the best places to stay to the most helpful local organizations can be valuable to others.
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