Essex County Jail

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The Essex County Jail is located at 702 Stowersville Road in Lewis, NY and is a medium security county jail operated by the Essex County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Essex County Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Essex County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Essex County court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that might be a benefit to others would be welcome.

Essex County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Essex County Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people who are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to find the same information about anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get the information quicker if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Essex County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Essex County Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some simple questions, such as what is your legal name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the phone in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process takes anywhere between 30 minutes to many hours. So, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge must determine your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a release date, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Essex County Jail Visitation

Inmates need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Essex County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will go into the visitation log as an authorized visitor. All visitors will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so we suggest that you call the official Essex County Jail at (518) 873-6913 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Essex County Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Essex County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 of age 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 magazines to an inmate at the Essex County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Essex 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 Essex 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 Essex 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Essex County jail website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file containing a docket sheet and all documents and filings filed in your case. You can access court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail is likely to change, so review the Essex County Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Essex 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 Essex County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (518) 873-6913 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 Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Essex County Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Essex County Jail phone number is: (518) 873-6913

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all inmate phone calls 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 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 finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility 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 Jail, click the link below.

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