Wildwood Crest Police Jail

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The Wildwood Crest Police Jail is located at 6101 Pacific Avenue in Wildwood Crest, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Wildwood Crest Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Wildwood Crest Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Wildwood Crest Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Wildwood Crest Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people currently in custody, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find the same information on anyone booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their inmate information quicker if you enter their name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Wildwood Crest Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Wildwood Crest Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

You must answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full name, home address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to make a phone call in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. The discharge process will take from 30 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate must determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, you should expect to be released in the morning.

Wildwood Crest Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s full name to the Wildwood Crest Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the visitors log for the inmate. Each and every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Wildwood Crest Police Jail can change, so it would be wise to call the official Wildwood Crest Police Jail at 609-522-2456 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Wildwood Crest Police Jail you must have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Wildwood Crest Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Wildwood Crest Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Wildwood Crest 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 Wildwood Crest 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 Wildwood Crest 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, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Cape May County jail website or call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Cape May County jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that contains a docket and all documents filed in your case. You can access court records on the internet, or at the Cape May County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates can change at any time, so it would be best to visit the Wildwood Crest Police Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Wildwood Crest 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 Wildwood Crest Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 609-522-2456 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 Wildwood Crest Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like 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 an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as 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 Wildwood Crest Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 609-522-2456

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of 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 Wildwood Crest Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 is an expert in keeping up 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. In some cases, 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 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 Wildwood Crest Police Jail, click the link below.

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