Strafford Police Jail

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The Strafford Police Jail is located at 34 Roller Coaster Road in Strafford, NH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Strafford Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Strafford Police Jail, such as 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

This guide is meant to offer info that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that would help other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Strafford Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Strafford Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of people currently in custody, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find info about anybody processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Strafford Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Strafford Police Jail takes you through these 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.

The first step is that you will have to answer a number of questions, like your legal name, street address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to use the telephone so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged may take from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the faster you post bail, the faster you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, plan to be released in the morning.

Strafford Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list information about each visitor to the Strafford Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered into a Visiting log as an approved visitor. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 603-664-7462 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Strafford Police Jail you must first be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Strafford Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not related to 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Strafford Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Strafford 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 Strafford 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 Strafford 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 Strafford County court website or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates change frequently, so be sure to check the Strafford Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Strafford 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 Strafford Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 603-664-7462 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 Strafford Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Strafford Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are much more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden completely.

The Strafford Police Jail phone number is: 603-664-7462

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 Strafford Police Jail. The rates 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, 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 Strafford Police Jail, click the link below.

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