Barnegat Police Jail

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The Barnegat Police Jail is located at 900 West Bay Avenue in Barnegat, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Barnegat Township Police Department.

This page will tell you info about everything one might want to know about the Barnegat Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Barnegat Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Barnegat Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Barnegat Police Jail Inmate List has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to get info about anyone processed or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Barnegat Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Barnegat Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

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

The first step is that you will answer some simple questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you use the phone 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 skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get released. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to figure out the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the date of your release, plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Barnegat Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s full name to the Barnegat Police Jail in advance. This information will go in a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Each and every visitor will have to provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Barnegat Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the official Barnegat Police Jail at 609-698-5000 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Barnegat Police Jail you must be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Barnegat Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Barnegat Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Barnegat 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 Barnegat 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 Barnegat 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 are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Ocean County jail website or you can call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Ocean County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records online, or at the Ocean County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to the Ocean County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail is likely to change, so we suggest that you review the Barnegat Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Barnegat 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 Barnegat Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 609-698-5000 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 Barnegat 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 need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Barnegat Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are much pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates 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 rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 609-698-5000

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from 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 Barnegat Police Jail. The prices 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 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their inmate 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 Barnegat Police Jail, click the link below.

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