Fairview Police Jail

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The Fairview Police Jail is located at 59 Anderson Avenue in Fairview, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Fairview Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Fairview Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and any tips or comments that could help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Fairview Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fairview Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who have been arrested, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get information for anyone booked or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to find the information more quickly if you have their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Fairview Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Fairview Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some questions, such as your full legal name, street address, birth date and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to use the telephone to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get let go. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the magistrate has to figure out the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Fairview Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Fairview Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will go into the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so it would be wise to call the jail at 201-943-2100 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Fairview Police Jail you must first be on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Fairview 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 prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Fairview Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fairview 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 Fairview 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 Fairview 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Bergen County court website or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Bergen County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that contains a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at the Bergen County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Fairview Police Jail change frequently, so we suggest that you review the Fairview Police Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fairview 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 Fairview Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 201-943-2100 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 Fairview Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items 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, in addition to 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 Fairview Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges might get reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 201-943-2100

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits 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 Fairview Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 finding out how to decrease 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, 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 in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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