Mendham Police Jail

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The Mendham Police Jail is located at 3 Cold Hill Road South in Mendham, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Mendham Borough Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Mendham Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Mendham Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information that you’ll need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that would help other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Mendham Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mendham Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. You can also find info for anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get the information quicker if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Mendham Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Mendham Police Jail includes these 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 step is that you will have to answer some questions, like what is your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you use the telephone so you can contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process takes anywhere between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if the judge needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the date of your release, you should expect to get discharged that morning.

Mendham Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide information about each visitor to the Mendham Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the visitors log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so call the jail at 973-543-2527 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Mendham Police Jail you have to be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Mendham Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Mendham Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mendham 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 Mendham 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 Mendham 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Morris County court website or you are able to call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all documents and filings filed in the case. You can access the court records on the internet, or at the Morris County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to the Morris County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, 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 change frequently, so you should review the Mendham Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mendham 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 Mendham Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 973-543-2527 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 Mendham Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, 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 money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Mendham Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are typically more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must 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, phone calls might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Mendham Police Jail phone number is: 973-543-2527

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all 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 Mendham Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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