Montclair Police Jail

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The Montclair Police Jail is located at 647 Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Montclair Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Montclair Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Montclair Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, 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 specific question, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Montclair Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Montclair Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who have been arrested, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find info about anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Montclair Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Montclair Police Jail includes each of these steps:

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

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

You will then be allowed to make a phone call so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will be released. It also will depend on if you have a bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, you should expect to be discharged in the morning.

Montclair Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Montclair Police Jail in advance. This information will be entered in the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Montclair Police Jail can change, so make sure that you call the jail at 973-744-1234 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Montclair Police Jail you have to first have your name on their approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Montclair Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally 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 old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Montclair Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Montclair 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 Montclair 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 Montclair 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Essex County court website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file containing a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the Essex County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, 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 for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates change frequently, so it would be best to double check the Montclair Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Montclair 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 Montclair Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 973-744-1234 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 Montclair Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Montclair Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Montclair Police Jail phone number is: 973-744-1234

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the inmate phone calls are split 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 Montclair Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 learning 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 calling 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 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 these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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