Livingston Police Jail

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The Livingston Police Jail is located at 333 South Livingston Avenue in Livingston, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Livingston Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Livingston Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Livingston Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Essex County court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information and tips that you’ll need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that might help others will be much appreciated.

Livingston Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Livingston Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who have been arrested, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find information for anyone booked or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their arrest information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Livingston Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Livingston Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to 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 pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take from 30 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. It also might depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to decide on the bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Livingston Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Livingston Police Jail before you can visit. This information will be entered in the visitors log as an approved visitor. Each visitor has to provide proof of identification. Any visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Livingston Police Jail can change, so we suggest that you call the official Livingston Police Jail at 973-992-3000 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Livingston Police Jail you have to have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Livingston Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 magazines to an inmate at the Livingston Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Livingston 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 Livingston 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 Livingston 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the Essex County jail website or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file containing a docket sheet and any documents filed in the case. You can access court records online, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to the Essex County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Livingston Police Jail jail inmates change frequently, so double check the Livingston Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Livingston 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 Livingston Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 973-992-3000 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 Livingston Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have 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

The only phone calls that Livingston Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden completely.

The Livingston Police Jail phone number is: 973-992-3000

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits 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 Livingston 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 can be 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison 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 Livingston Police Jail, click the link below.

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