Somerset County Jail

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The Somerset County Jail is located at 40 Grove Street in Somerville, NJ and is a medium security county jail operated by the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you info about everything you might want to know about the Somerset County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Somerset County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

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7. Somerset County Jail Care Packages
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Somerset County Jail
10. How to Search Somerset County Arrest Records

Introduction

This guide is meant to give advice and information that you’ll need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and also any tips or comments that might help others will be much appreciated.

Somerset County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Somerset County Jail Inmate Search is an online list of individuals currently in custody, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get info about anyone processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information faster if you enter their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Somerset County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Somerset County Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you have to answer a number of questions, such as your full legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to use the phone so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged will take from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get let go. Also, it might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to determine how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, you should expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Somerset County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s full name to the Somerset County Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be put in a Visiting log as an approved visitor. Each visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

The Somerset County Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the jail at (908) 231-7150 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Somerset County Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Somerset County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be 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 of age and is not related to the inmate, this 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 Somerset County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Somerset 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 Somerset 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 Somerset 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Somerset County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in the case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the Somerset County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to the Somerset County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Somerset County Jail inmates is likely to change, so it would be best to double check the Somerset County Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Somerset 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 Somerset County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (908) 231-7150 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 Somerset County Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want 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 items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Somerset County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, 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, your ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden completely.

The Somerset County Jail phone number is: (908) 231-7150

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 get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Somerset 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 finding out 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 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 won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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