Hanson Police Jail

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The Hanson Police Jail is located at 775 Main Street in Hanson, MA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hanson Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything related to the Hanson Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Hanson Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information that you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others is much appreciated.

Hanson Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hanson Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about people who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. You can also find the same information about anybody arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information faster if you have the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Hanson Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Hanson Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is 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 legal name, your address, date of birth and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to use the telephone so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. This process will take from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get released. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge must figure out your bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, plan to be released in the morning.

Hanson Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give information about each visitor to the Hanson Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered in a log of visitors for the inmate. Each visitor must provide identification. Any visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies change often, so we suggest that you call the jail at 781-293-4625 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Hanson Police Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Hanson Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Hanson Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hanson 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 Hanson 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 Hanson 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 for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the website or call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind 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 Plymouth County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file containing a court docket and all documents filed in the case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Hanson Police Jail inmates change frequently, so double check the Hanson Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hanson 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 Hanson Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 781-293-4625 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 Hanson Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep 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 the inmate can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These products 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

All phone calls from the Hanson Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to 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 break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 781-293-4625

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 Hanson Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 figuring out 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not 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 jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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