Hampton Bays Police Jail

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The Hampton Bays Police Jail is located at 110 Old Riverhead Road in Hampton Bays, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Southampton Town Police Department.

This site will tell you info about everything you might want to know about the Hampton Bays Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Hampton Bays Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Suffolk County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give info you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and also any comments or tips that could help other people in the same situation is welcome.

Hampton Bays Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hampton Bays Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who have been arrested, which includes status, and visiting hours. You can also find information about anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their inmate information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Hampton Bays Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Hampton Bays Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When 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 have to answer some simple questions, such as your full legal name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to make a telephone call so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged can take between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the faster you post bail, the faster you will get let go. Also, it depends on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Hampton Bays Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Hampton Bays Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go into the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor has to provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so you should call the jail at 631-728-5000 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Hampton Bays Police Jail you must first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Hampton Bays Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Hampton Bays Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hampton Bays 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 Hampton Bays 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 Hampton Bays 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 think you have an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants online or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind 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 possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the 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 containing a docket and all filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the Suffolk County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail might change, so you should visit the Hampton Bays Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hampton Bays 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 Hampton Bays Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 631-728-5000 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 Hampton Bays Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably 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 the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These products 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Hampton Bays Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 631-728-5000

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Hampton Bays Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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