Jackson Police Jail

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The Jackson Police Jail is located at 102 Jackson Drive in Jackson, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Jackson Township Police Department.

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

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that might help others will be much appreciated.

Jackson Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Jackson Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people who have been arrested, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get the same information on anybody arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information fast if you enter their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Jackson Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Jackson Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you have to answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to make a phone call to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 30 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, you should expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Jackson Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s full name to the Jackson Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go in a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. All visitors must provide identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so call the jail at 732-928-1111 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Jackson Police Jail you have to be added to their visitation list.

Be 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 at Jackson Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not 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 of age 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 Jackson Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Jackson 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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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 access arrest warrants on the Ocean County jail website or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a court docket and all documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail could change, so be sure to double check the Jackson Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Jackson 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 Jackson Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 732-928-1111 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 Jackson Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items 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 Jackson Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are much more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Jackson Police Jail phone number is: 732-928-1111

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from all 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 Jackson 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 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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. 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 calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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