Monroe Township Police Jail

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The Monroe Township Police Jail is located at 3 Municipal Plaza in Monroe Township, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Monroe Township Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Monroe Township Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info that you’ll need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that would help others will be appreciated.

Monroe Township Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Monroe Township Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find info for anyone arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find the information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Monroe Township Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Monroe Township Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some basic questions, like your full name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you use the phone to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process will take from 15 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get let go. It also depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Monroe Township Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Monroe Township Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will go into a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. Each visitor must provide proof of identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Monroe Township Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the official Monroe Township Police Jail at 732-521-0222 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Monroe Township Police Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Monroe Township Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally 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 old 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 Monroe Township Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Monroe Township 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 Monroe Township 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 Monroe Township 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, you can check the court records on the Middlesex County court website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Middlesex County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file containing a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the Middlesex County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to the Middlesex County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Monroe Township Police Jail inmates can change at any time, so it would be best to double check the Monroe Township Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Monroe Township 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 Monroe Township Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 732-521-0222 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 Monroe Township Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Monroe Township Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, phone calls could be reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 732-521-0222

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 get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Monroe Township Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 learning 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. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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