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Norwich Police Jail Information

Address

Norwich Police Jail
70 Thames Street
Norwich, CT 06360-5646

Phone Number

Phone: 860-886-5561

The Norwich Police Jail is located at 70 Thames Street in Norwich, CT and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Norwich Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about everything related to the Norwich Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find New London County court records, and more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and advice that you’ll need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Norwich Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that has gone to jail and need to locate them? Do you know someone who has been arrested and you need to locate them?

To see who’s in jail at the Norwich Police Jail you will have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Norwich Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get information for anyone arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information quicker if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Norwich Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Norwich Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You must answer some questions, such as your full legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to make a phone call so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get let go. It also depends on whether you have a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Norwich Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list information about each visitor to the Norwich Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the official Norwich Police Jail at 860-886-5561 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Norwich Police Jail you must be added to their visitation list.

Make 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.

No cellphones are allowed at Norwich Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of 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 Norwich Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Norwich 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.

Mailing Address

The address that you should use if you are sending a letter to an inmate at the Norwich Police Jail is:

Norwich Police Jail
70 Thames Street
Norwich, CT 06360-5646

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Norwich Police Jail
70 Thames Street
Norwich, CT 06360-5646

The Norwich Police Jail mail policy can change, so you should check the official website when you send a letter to an inmate there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Norwich 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 Norwich 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the New London County jail website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the New London County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is accessible 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 containing a court docket and all documents filed in the case. You can access court records on the website, or at the New London County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to people in jail are always changing, so you should check the Norwich Police Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Norwich 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 Norwich Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 860-886-5561 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 inmateâ€™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 Norwich Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from 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 enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Norwich Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls could be reduced or forbidden.

The Norwich Police Jail phone number is: 860-886-5561

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of 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 Norwich 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 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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