Kinnelon Police Jail

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The Kinnelon Police Jail is located at 130 Kinnelon Road in Kinnelon, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Kinnelon Borough Police Department.

This guide tells you info about anything related to the Kinnelon Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Kinnelon Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information that you need to make going to jail easier. If you have questions, just ask it, and any tips or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Kinnelon Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Kinnelon Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get info on anyone arrested and booked or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can get their arrest information fast if you have their name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Kinnelon Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Kinnelon Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you will answer some simple questions, like your full name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. This process may take between 30 minutes to all day. So, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to decide on the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, you should expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Kinnelon Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to provide each visitor’s name to the Kinnelon Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered in a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor is required to provide identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the facility at 973-838-5400 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Kinnelon Police Jail you must first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Kinnelon Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must obtain 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 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, this 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 Kinnelon Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Kinnelon 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 Kinnelon 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 Kinnelon 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants inquiry online or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Morris County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that includes a docket and any documents filed in the case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at the Morris County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to the Morris County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Kinnelon Police Jail are always changing, so you should double check the Kinnelon Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Kinnelon 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 Kinnelon Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 973-838-5400 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 Kinnelon Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want 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 the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Kinnelon Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Kinnelon Police Jail phone number is: 973-838-5400

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, 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 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 Kinnelon Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 can be 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not 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 jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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