Halesite Police Jail

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The Halesite Police Jail is located at 244 Vineyard Road in Halesite, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Huntington Bay Police Department.

This page will tell you info about anything one might want to know about the Halesite Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Halesite Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that might help other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Halesite Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Halesite Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals currently in custody, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find information for anyone processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to find the information quicker if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Halesite Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Halesite Police Jail includes the following steps:

They’ll put you 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 full name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

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

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. This process takes anywhere from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get discharged. It also depends on whether you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate has to determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Halesite Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Halesite Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will go into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Halesite Police Jail frequently change, so it would be wise to call the official Halesite Police Jail at 631-427-2020 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Halesite Police Jail you have to be 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 visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Halesite Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If a 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 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 Halesite Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Halesite 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 Halesite 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 Halesite 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 might have an outstanding warrant, you can access court records on the Suffolk County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear 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 Suffolk County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Suffolk County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to people in jail could change, so you should visit the Halesite Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Halesite 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 Halesite Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 631-427-2020 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 Halesite Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy 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 including 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 Halesite Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or cut altogether.

The Halesite Police Jail phone number is: 631-427-2020

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all inmate phone calls 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 Halesite Police Jail. 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 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 figuring out how to decrease 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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