Bourne Police Jail

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The Bourne Police Jail is located at 175 Main Street in Bourne, MA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bourne Police Department.

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

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information and tips you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Bourne Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bourne Police Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find information for anybody booked or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate the information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Bourne Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Bourne Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full legal name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process may take between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. It also can depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge must determine how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Bourne Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Bourne Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Bourne Police Jail are always changing, so we suggest that you call the jail at 508-759-4420 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Bourne Police Jail you must be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Bourne Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 old 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 Bourne Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bourne 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 Bourne 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 Bourne 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 access arrest warrants on the Barnstable County jail website or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Barnstable County jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that contains a court docket and any documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at the Barnstable County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Barnstable County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Bourne Police Jail are always changing, so you should double check the Bourne Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bourne 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 Bourne Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 508-759-4420 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 Bourne Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary 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

All phone calls from the Bourne Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

Phone Number: 508-759-4420

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Bourne Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 learning 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 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 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 these cases, the facility has set their 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 Bourne Police Jail, click the link below.

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