Irvington Police Jail

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The Irvington Police Jail is located at 1 Civic Square in Irvington, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Irvington Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Irvington Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Essex County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Irvington Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Irvington Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find the same information about anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to get their arrest information fast if you have their full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Irvington Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Irvington Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to use the telephone in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get released. It also will depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a judge must determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a release date, you should plan to be released that morning.

Irvington Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list each visitor’s name to the Irvington Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be put into the visitation log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor must provide identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so you should call the official Irvington Police Jail at 973-399-6600 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Irvington Police Jail you must be on this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Irvington Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, the minor 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 Irvington Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Irvington 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 Irvington 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 Irvington 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 might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Essex County jail website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Essex County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that contains a docket and all of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to the Essex County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Irvington Police Jail inmates might change, so you should check the Irvington Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Irvington 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 Irvington Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 973-399-6600 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 Irvington Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Irvington Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, phone calls could be reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 973-399-6600

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls are shared 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 Irvington Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 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 has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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