Edison Police Jail

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The Edison Police Jail is located at 100 Municipal Boulevard in Edison, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Edison Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything you might want to know about the Edison Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Edison Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
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10. How to Search Middlesex County Arrest Records

Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and tips you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that could be a benefit to others is welcome.

Edison Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Edison Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to find information on anyone processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information faster if you enter the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Edison Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Edison Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you will have to answer some simple questions, like your full name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to make a phone call in order to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. Also, it might depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if the judge needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the discharge date, you should plan to be released in the morning.

Edison Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Edison Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered into the log for the inmate. Every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Edison Police Jail are always changing, so you should call the official Edison Police Jail at 732-248-7400 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Edison Police Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Edison Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 old and is not a family member of 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Edison Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Edison 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 Edison 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 Edison 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Middlesex County jail website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have the person’s 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 a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Middlesex County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can 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. Court Records include a court case file containing a court docket and all documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. Go to the Middlesex County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee 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 DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to people in jail change frequently, so be sure to check the Edison Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Edison 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 Edison Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 732-248-7400 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 Edison Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates 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 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Edison Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Edison Police Jail phone number is: 732-248-7400

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make 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 Edison Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to lower 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 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 facility 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 Edison Police Jail, click the link below.

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