Chelsea Police Jail

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The Chelsea Police Jail is located at 19 Park Street in Chelsea, MA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Chelsea Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Chelsea Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Chelsea Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the advice and information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that could help other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Chelsea Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Chelsea Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people currently in custody, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get information for anybody arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Chelsea Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you must answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full name, your address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to use the phone so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take between 30 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get released. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge has to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the discharge date, plan to get discharged in the morning.

Chelsea Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Chelsea Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be put in the visitors log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Chelsea Police Jail can change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 617-660-1555 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Chelsea Police Jail you must first have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Chelsea Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally 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, 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Chelsea Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Chelsea 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 Chelsea 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 Chelsea 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 arrest warrants inquiry on the website or 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. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to the Suffolk County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail are always changing, so double check the Chelsea Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Chelsea 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 Chelsea Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 617-660-1555 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 Chelsea Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Chelsea Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 617-660-1555

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 Chelsea 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling 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 therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, 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 Chelsea Police Jail, click the link below.

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