Dexter Police Jail

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The Dexter Police Jail is located at 1 Main Street in Dexter, ME and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Dexter Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about everything related to the Dexter Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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6. How To Save Money on Inmate Calls at Dexter Police Jail
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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Dexter Police Jail
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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give info that you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Dexter Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Dexter Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about people who have been arrested, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. You can find info on anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to get their arrest information fast if you’ve got their name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Dexter Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Dexter Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer some basic questions, like what is your full name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to use the phone in order to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on if you have a bond amount or if a judge still needs to decide on the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get 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, you should expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Dexter Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Dexter Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will go in the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Dexter Police Jail can change, so make sure that you call the official Dexter Police Jail at 207-924-7351 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Dexter Police Jail you must first be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Dexter Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 of age 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 magazines to an inmate at the Dexter Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Dexter 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 Dexter 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 Dexter 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check court records online or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Penobscot County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file containing a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access your court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates are always changing, so you should double check the Dexter Police Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Dexter 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 Dexter Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 207-924-7351 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 Dexter Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These products 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

All phone calls from the Dexter Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Dexter Police Jail phone number is: 207-924-7351

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Dexter Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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