Heath Police Jail

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

This guide will tell you information about anything related to the Heath Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Heath Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the advice and information that you’ll need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask them, and also any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Heath Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Heath Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find information on anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find the information faster if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Heath Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Heath Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will have to answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, your address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process can take from 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. It also will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge has to determine your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the discharge date, plan to be discharged in the morning.

Heath Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give information about each visitor to the Heath Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be entered in a log of visitors for the inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Anyone arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

The Heath Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so call the facility at 413-337-4934 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

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

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

No phones are allowed at Heath Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. 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. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Heath Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Heath 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 Heath 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 Heath 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 for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Franklin County court website or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Franklin County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket and all of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to the Franklin County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Heath Police Jail change frequently, so visit the Heath Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Heath 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 Heath Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 413-337-4934 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 Heath Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Heath Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or totally denied.

Phone Number: 413-337-4934

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Heath Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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