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Columbus Police Jail Information

Address

Columbus Police Jail
190A Atlantic Avenue
Columbus, NJ 8022

Phone Number

Phone: 609-298-4411

The Columbus Police Jail is located at 190A Atlantic Avenue in Columbus, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Mansfield Township Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything you might need to know about the Columbus Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Columbus Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and more.

Introduction

This guide is designed to offer advice and information that you’ll need to make the process easier. If you have specific questions, 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.

Columbus Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that is locked up and don’t know how to contact them? Do you know a friend or family member who has been arrested and you don’t know how to find out what jail they’re in?

In order to find out who is in jail at the Columbus Police Jail you have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

First Name

Last Name

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Who’s In Jail

The Columbus Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who have been arrested, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find the same information about anybody booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find their inmate information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Columbus Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Columbus Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

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

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call in order to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process takes anywhere from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, you should plan to be discharged that morning.

Columbus Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give each visitor’s name to the Columbus Police Jail in advance. This information will be put into a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide identification. Visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures change often, so call the jail at 609-298-4411 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 someone at the Columbus Police Jail you must have your name on their approved visitation list.

Be 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 without it.

No mobile phones at Columbus Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually 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 related to the inmate, the minor 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 Columbus Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Columbus 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

Use this address when sending a letter to someone incarcerated at Columbus Police Jail:

Columbus Police Jail
190A Atlantic Avenue
Columbus, NJ 8022

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Columbus Police Jail
190A Atlantic Avenue
Columbus, NJ 8022

The Columbus Police Jail mail policy is always changing, so be sure to check the official Columbus Police Jail site when you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Columbus 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 Columbus 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the Burlington County court website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Burlington County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file that includes a docket and any documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Columbus Police Jail are always changing, so it would be best to visit the Columbus Police Jail website before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Columbus 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 Columbus Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 609-298-4411 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 Columbus Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products such as 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 Columbus Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep 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, phone calls might get reduced or totally denied.

The Columbus Police Jail phone number is: 609-298-4411

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 from all 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 Columbus Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails 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 cases like this, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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