Essex Police Jail

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The Essex Police Jail is located at 24 Martin Street in Essex, MA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Essex Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about anything related to the Essex Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and tips that you’ll need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that could help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Essex Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Essex Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals currently in custody, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find information for anyone arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Essex Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Essex Police Jail is made up of the following 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.

You will have to answer some questions, such as your legal name, home address, date of birth and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to use the telephone so you can contact 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 get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged takes from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the faster you can get out of jail. It also can depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Essex Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Essex Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go in a Visiting log for the inmate. Every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Anyone arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

The Essex Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the official Essex Police Jail at 978-768-6628 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Essex Police Jail you must first have your name on 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 because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Essex Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a 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 under the age of 18 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 Essex Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Essex 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 Essex 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 Essex 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 check arrest warrants on the Essex County jail website or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s 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 should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to the Essex County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Essex Police Jail change frequently, so it would be best to review the Essex Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Essex 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 Essex Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 978-768-6628 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 Essex Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Essex Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

The Essex Police Jail phone number is: 978-768-6628

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Essex Police Jail. The prices 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to lower 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 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 therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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