Belknap County Jail

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The Belknap County Jail is located at 76 County Drive in Laconia, NH and is a medium security county jail operated by the Belknap County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the Belknap County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Belknap County court records, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give info that you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that might help others is appreciated.

Belknap County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Belknap County Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who are in jail, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get the same information on anyone booked or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Belknap County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Belknap County Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You have to answer some basic questions, such as what is your full legal name, home address, birthdate and 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 away from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone 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, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere from 15 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate needs to determine how much your bail will be. For lesser 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 are given a date of your release, expect to be discharged that morning.

Belknap County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Belknap County Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be put into the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors will be required to provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so it would be wise to call the jail at (603) 524-2924 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Belknap County Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make 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 cellphones at Belknap County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Belknap County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Belknap County 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 Belknap County 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 Belknap County 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the court records on the Belknap County court website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Belknap County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to the Belknap County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail could change, so we suggest that you visit the Belknap County Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Belknap County 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 Belknap County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (603) 524-2924 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 Belknap County Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, 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 products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products like 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 Belknap County Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, 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 jail rules, phone calls could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Belknap County Jail phone number is: (603) 524-2924

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all phone calls that inmates make 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 Belknap County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison 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 Belknap County Jail, click the link below.

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