Bloomfield Police Jail

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The Bloomfield Police Jail is located at 1 Municipal Plaza in Bloomfield, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bloomfield Township Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything one might want to know about the Bloomfield Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Bloomfield Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Bloomfield Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bloomfield Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find the same information for anyone arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to get their inmate information fast if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Bloomfield Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Bloomfield Police Jail includes the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you will have to answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

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

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. This process may take anywhere from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, it will depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Bloomfield Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must list each visitor’s name to the Bloomfield Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be put in a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. All visitors will have to provide proof of identification. Any visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so it would be wise to call the facility at 973-680-4141 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Bloomfield Police Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Bloomfield Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Bloomfield Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield 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, you can check arrest warrants on the Essex County court website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Essex County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that contains a docket and all documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. 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 criminal history search you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail change frequently, so be sure to check the Bloomfield Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 973-680-4141 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 Bloomfield Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Bloomfield Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls might get cut back or totally denied.

Phone Number: 973-680-4141

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Bloomfield Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility 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 Bloomfield Police Jail, click the link below.

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