Rockland Police Jail

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The Rockland Police Jail is located at 490 Market Street in Rockland, MA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Rockland Police Department.

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

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask them, and also any comments or feedback that could help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Rockland Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Rockland Police Jail Inmate List has information about people currently in custody, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to get info for anybody processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can get the information quicker if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Rockland Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Rockland Police Jail is made up of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will answer some questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the phone so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process can take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate has to determine how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the discharge date, you should expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Rockland Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the Rockland Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put in the log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so call the official Rockland Police Jail at 781-871-3890 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

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

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

No cellphones at Rockland Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not going to be 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Rockland Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Rockland 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 Rockland 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 Rockland 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 access court records on the Plymouth County court website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear 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 have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Plymouth County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file that contains a court docket and all of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to the Plymouth County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive 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 the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Rockland Police Jail jail inmates might change, so be sure to review the Rockland Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Rockland 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 Rockland Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 781-871-3890 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 Rockland Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Rockland Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted 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 calls might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 781-871-3890

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers 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 these phone service providers make from 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 Rockland 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out 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. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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