Helmetta Police Jail

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The Helmetta Police Jail is located at 60 Main Street in Helmetta, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Helmetta Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Helmetta Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Helmetta Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Middlesex County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and advice you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that might help other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Helmetta Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Helmetta Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals currently in custody, including current status, and schedule for visitation. You can find information on anyone arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their arrest information faster if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Helmetta Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Helmetta Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer some simple questions, such as your full name, your address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get 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 to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere between 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate has to decide on the bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, you should expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Helmetta Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Helmetta Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the log as an approved visitor. Every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so call the jail at 732-521-1805 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Helmetta Police Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Helmetta Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a 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 the 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 magazines to an inmate at the Helmetta Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Helmetta 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 Helmetta 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 Helmetta 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. 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, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that contains a court docket and any filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Helmetta Police Jail jail inmates might change, so it would be best to double check the Helmetta Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Helmetta 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 Helmetta Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 732-521-1805 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 Helmetta Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their 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 Helmetta Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

The Helmetta Police Jail phone number is: 732-521-1805

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all 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 Helmetta Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where 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 facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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