Bristol Police Jail

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The Bristol Police Jail is located at 230 Lake Street in Bristol, NH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bristol Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Bristol Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the info that you’ll need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Bristol Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bristol Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get the same information for anybody arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information faster if you have your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Bristol Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Bristol Police Jail includes each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you will answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, street address, birth date and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. 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 so you can talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

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

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. This process may take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged. Also, it depends on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a judge has to determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to be released that morning.

Bristol Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to provide each visitor’s full name to the Bristol Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of visitors as an approved visitor. Every visitor must provide proof of identification. Anyone arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so you should call the official Bristol Police Jail at 603-744-6320 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

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

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

No mobile phones at Bristol 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 their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not normally 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 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 Bristol Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bristol 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 Bristol 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 Bristol 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Grafton County jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. Go to the Grafton County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates is likely to change, so check the Bristol Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bristol 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 Bristol Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 603-744-6320 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 Bristol Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Bristol Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 603-744-6320

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the 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 Bristol Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 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 calling 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 won’t 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 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 Bristol Police Jail, click the link below.

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