Hopatcong Police Jail

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The Hopatcong Police Jail is located at 111 River Styx Road in Hopatcong, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hopatcong Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything you might want to know about the Hopatcong Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information and tips you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Hopatcong Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hopatcong Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who are in jail, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to get the same information for anyone booked or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to find their inmate information more quickly if you enter their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Hopatcong Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you have to answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to use the phone so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere from 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get released. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge must decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, expect to get released in the morning.

Hopatcong Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name to the Hopatcong Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be put into the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Hopatcong Police Jail frequently change, so make sure that you call the official Hopatcong Police Jail at 973-398-5000 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Hopatcong Police Jail you have to have your name on their visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Hopatcong Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not 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 the 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Hopatcong Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hopatcong 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 Hopatcong 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 Hopatcong 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 check the arrest warrants online or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Sussex County jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail change frequently, so we suggest that you check the Hopatcong Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hopatcong 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 Hopatcong Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 973-398-5000 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 Hopatcong Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as 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 Hopatcong Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are much more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates 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, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or totally denied.

The Hopatcong Police Jail phone number is: 973-398-5000

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Hopatcong Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. 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 calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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