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Dunstable Police Jail Information

Address

Dunstable Police Jail
23 Pleasant Street
Dunstable, MA 01827-1704

Phone Number

Phone Number: 978-649-7445

The Dunstable Police Jail is located at 23 Pleasant Street in Dunstable, MA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Dunstable Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything one might want to know about the Dunstable Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Dunstable Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information and advice that you’ll need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Dunstable Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend that is locked up and want to locate them? Do you know a friend or family member that has been arrested and you don’t know how to find out where they are?

To see who is in jail at the Dunstable Police Jail you should use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Dunstable Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people who are in jail, including current status, and times you can visit. You can also get information for anyone booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information faster if you enter their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Dunstable Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Dunstable Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some questions, like your full name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, 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 be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a phone call in order to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail may take between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate must figure out the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to be released that morning.

Dunstable Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Dunstable Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be entered in the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Dunstable Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the facility at 978-649-7445 before you try to visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Dunstable Police Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be 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 mobile phones at Dunstable Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 under the age of 18 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 magazines to an inmate at the Dunstable Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Dunstable 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to someone incarcerated at Dunstable Police Jail:

Dunstable Police Jail
23 Pleasant Street
Dunstable, MA 01827-1704

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Dunstable Police Jail
23 Pleasant Street
Dunstable, MA 01827-1704

The Dunstable Police Jail mail policy can change, so we suggest that you check the site before you send a letter to an inmate there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Dunstable 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 Dunstable 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the website or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Middlesex County jail, by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at the Middlesex County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Dunstable Police Jail can change at any time, so it would be best to review the Dunstable Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Dunstable 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 Dunstable Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 978-649-7445 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 inmateâ€™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 Dunstable Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Dunstable Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden completely.

The Dunstable Police Jail phone number is: 978-649-7445

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits 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 Dunstable Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 state prisons and local jails learning 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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