Alstead Police Jail

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The Alstead Police Jail is located at 15 Mechanic Street in Alstead, NH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Alstead Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Alstead Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Cheshire County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the advice and information that you’ll need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask them, and any tips or comments that might be beneficial to others will be welcome.

Alstead Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Alstead Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals currently in custody, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. You can also find the same information for anyone arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate the information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Alstead Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Alstead Police Jail is made up of each 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 a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer a number of questions, like your legal name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to use the phone so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process will take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate has to figure out the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the discharge date, expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Alstead Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Alstead Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put in a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Alstead Police Jail can change, so call the facility at 603-835-6277 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Alstead Police Jail you must first be on their 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 mobile phones are allowed at Alstead Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Alstead Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Alstead 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 Alstead 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 Alstead 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 for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the Cheshire County jail website or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a docket and all filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Cheshire County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail might change, so you should visit the Alstead Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Alstead 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 Alstead Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 603-835-6277 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 Alstead Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, 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 account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Alstead Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much pricier 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 and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden.

The Alstead Police Jail phone number is: 603-835-6277

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 how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all inmate phone calls 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 Alstead Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning 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 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 any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility 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 Alstead Police Jail, click the link below.

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