West Dover Police Jail

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The West Dover Police Jail is located at 246 State Route 100 in West Dover, VT and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Dover Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the West Dover Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information and advice you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

West Dover Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The West Dover Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of individuals who are in jail, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find info about anyone booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

West Dover Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the West Dover Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will have to answer some simple questions, like your full name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process takes between 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will be freed. Also, it can depend on if you have a cash bond or if the judge needs to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to get released that morning.

West Dover Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the West Dover Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will go in a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. All visitors will have to provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 802-464-8722 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the West Dover Police Jail you must first be added to their visitation list.

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

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

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they must 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the West Dover Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the West Dover 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 West Dover 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 West Dover 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, you can check court records on the Windham County court website or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Windham County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a court docket and any documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access court records online, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses such as 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 procedure to send funds to people in jail are always changing, so it would be best to visit the West Dover Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at West Dover 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 West Dover Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 802-464-8722 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 West Dover Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that West Dover Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are much 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 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 rules, phone privileges might get cut back or totally denied.

The West Dover Police Jail phone number is: 802-464-8722

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly 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 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 West Dover 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 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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