Cranford Police Jail

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The Cranford Police Jail is located at 8 Springfield Avenue in Cranford, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Cranford Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Cranford Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Cranford Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and advice that you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Cranford Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Cranford Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also get info on anybody booked or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their arrest information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Cranford Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

First, you will have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to make a phone call to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will be freed. Also, it will depend on whether you have a cash bond or if a magistrate has to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Cranford Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Cranford Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will go in a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Each and every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Cranford Police Jail can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 908-272-2222 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Cranford Police Jail you have to be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Cranford Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the 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 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 Cranford Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Cranford 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 Cranford 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 Cranford 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the court records on the Union County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to the Union County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Cranford Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so it would be best to visit the Cranford Police Jail website before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Cranford 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 Cranford Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 908-272-2222 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 Cranford Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 trust 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

The only phone calls that Cranford Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden.

The Cranford Police Jail phone number is: 908-272-2222

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Cranford 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 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 or prison 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 Cranford Police Jail, click the link below.

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