Chester Police Jail

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The Chester Police Jail is located at 300 Main Street in Chester, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Chester Borough Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Chester Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Chester Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and advice you need to make the process easier. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Chester Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Chester Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can also find info for anyone arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can find the information faster if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Chester Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Chester Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you must answer some basic questions, like your full name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to use the phone so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process takes between 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will be released. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to be released that morning.

Chester Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must give each visitor’s full name to the Chester Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Any visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Chester Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the facility at 908-879-5626 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Chester Police Jail you must be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Chester Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Chester Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Chester 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 Chester 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 Chester 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Morris County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail could change, so be sure to visit the Chester Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Chester 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 Chester Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 908-879-5626 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 Chester Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products like 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 Chester Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are typically more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 908-879-5626

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Chester Police Jail. The prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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. 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 phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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