Essex County Corrections

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The Essex County Corrections is located at 354 Doremus Avenue in Newark, NJ and is a medium security county jail operated by the Essex County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Essex County Corrections, such as how to locate an inmate at the Essex County Corrections, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information and advice that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to others is appreciated.

Essex County Corrections Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Essex County Corrections Inmate Search is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get info on anybody booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Essex County Corrections Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Essex County Corrections includes each of these steps:

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

First you will answer some basic questions, such as what is your legal name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone so you can call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process takes from 15 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you post bail, the faster you will be freed. Also, it will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge still needs to determine the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the release date, you should plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Essex County Corrections Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name to the Essex County Corrections in advance. This information will go into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the jail at (973) 344-0190 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Essex County Corrections you have to first have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Essex County Corrections, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they must 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 old and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 County Corrections. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Essex County Corrections 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 County Corrections. 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 County Corrections 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Essex County jail website or call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Essex County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to the Essex County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Essex County Corrections inmates might change, so it would be best to review the Essex County Corrections site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Essex County Corrections

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 County Corrections uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (973) 344-0190 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 County Corrections store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use 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 purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Essex County Corrections inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to 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 every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges might get cut back or totally denied.

The Essex County Corrections phone number is: (973) 344-0190

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Essex County Corrections. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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