Ansonia Police Jail

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The Ansonia Police Jail is located at 2 Elm Street in Ansonia, CT and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Ansonia Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything one might want to know about the Ansonia Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find New Haven County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer advice and information that you need to make the process easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and any comments or feedback that could help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Ansonia Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ansonia Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get the same information on anyone booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their arrest information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Ansonia Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Ansonia Police Jail includes these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you will answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call in order to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged will take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will be released. It also might depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to decide on your bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, plan to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Ansonia Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must provide each visitor’s full name to the Ansonia Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so it would be wise to call the official Ansonia Police Jail at 203-735-1885 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Ansonia Police Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Ansonia Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Ansonia Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ansonia 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 Ansonia 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 Ansonia 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check court records on the New Haven County jail website or you can call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail are always changing, so you should double check the Ansonia Police Jail website before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ansonia 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 Ansonia Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 203-735-1885 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 Ansonia Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products including 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 Ansonia Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are much pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 203-735-1885

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers 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 these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Ansonia Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, 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 so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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