Salisbury Police Jail

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The Salisbury Police Jail is located at 24 Railroad Avenue in Salisbury, MA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Salisbury Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Salisbury Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that would be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Salisbury Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Salisbury Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals currently in custody, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find the same information on anyone arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to find the information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Salisbury Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Salisbury Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you have to answer a bunch of questions, like your legal name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call so you can talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

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

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get released. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you have a bond amount or if the magistrate must decide on how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the release date, expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Salisbury Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Salisbury Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be entered into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor is required to provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Salisbury Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the facility at 978-465-3121 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Salisbury Police Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Salisbury Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the 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 younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Salisbury Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Salisbury 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 Salisbury 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 Salisbury 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 arrest warrants on the Essex County jail website or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person 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 name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the Essex County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to the Essex County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Salisbury Police Jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you visit the Salisbury Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Salisbury 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 Salisbury Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 978-465-3121 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 Salisbury Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely 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 products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Salisbury Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are much more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but you 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 jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Salisbury Police Jail phone number is: 978-465-3121

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 money these phone service providers make off of 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 Salisbury 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their 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 Salisbury Police Jail, click the link below.

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