Duxbury Police Jail

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The Duxbury Police Jail is located at 443 West Street in Duxbury, MA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Duxbury Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything a person needs to know about the Duxbury Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Duxbury Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the info that you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that might help others will be appreciated.

Duxbury Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Duxbury Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals who are in jail, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. You can find the same information on anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate the information fast if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Duxbury Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

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

You will be allowed to make a phone call so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process can take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Duxbury Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must give each visitor’s full name to the Duxbury Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in a Visiting log for the inmate. All visitors will have to provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the jail at 781-934-5656 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Duxbury Police Jail you have to first be on their visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Duxbury Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 of age and is not related to the inmate, the minor 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 magazines to an inmate at the Duxbury Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Duxbury 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 Duxbury 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 Duxbury 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, you can check the court records on the Plymouth County jail website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail are always changing, so we suggest that you double check the Duxbury Police Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Duxbury 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 Duxbury Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 781-934-5656 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 Duxbury Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to use 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 the inmate can purchase if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

All phone calls from the Duxbury 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 you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 781-934-5656

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Duxbury Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 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 money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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