Palisades Park Police Jail

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The Palisades Park Police Jail is located at 275 Broad Avenue in Palisades Park, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Palisades Park Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about everything a person needs to know about the Palisades Park Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Palisades Park Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Palisades Park Police Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals currently in custody, including current status, and visiting hours. You can get the same information about anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to get the information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Palisades Park Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Palisades Park Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer some basic questions, such as what is your legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a phone call to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get released. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the judge has to decide on your bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, expect to get discharged that morning.

Palisades Park Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Palisades Park Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be put into the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so call the facility at 201-944-0900 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Palisades Park Police Jail you must first be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Palisades Park Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor 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 Palisades Park Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Palisades Park 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 Palisades Park 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 Palisades Park 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Bergen County court website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Bergen County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file that includes a docket and all documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from other states. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for crimes, which include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Palisades Park Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so be sure to visit the Palisades Park Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Palisades Park 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 Palisades Park Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 201-944-0900 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 Palisades Park Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary 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 Palisades Park Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are much pricier than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Palisades Park Police Jail phone number is: 201-944-0900

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all 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 Palisades Park Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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. There are some prisons or jails where we will not 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 so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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