Bellows Falls Police Jail

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The Bellows Falls Police Jail is located at 170 Rockingham Street in Bellows Falls, VT and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bellows Falls Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Bellows Falls Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Bellows Falls Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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6. How To Save Money on Inmate Calls at Bellows Falls Police Jail
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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and tips that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, just ask it, and any tips or comments that might be a benefit to others is appreciated.

Bellows Falls Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bellows Falls Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get the same information for anybody booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can get their arrest information faster if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Bellows Falls Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Bellows Falls Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will answer some questions, like your full name, home address, date of birth and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to use the telephone to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge must determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the discharge date, expect to get released that morning.

Bellows Falls Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Bellows Falls Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will go into the visitation log as an approved visitor. All visitors is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the official Bellows Falls Police Jail at 802-463-1234 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Bellows Falls Police Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Bellows Falls Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 Bellows Falls Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bellows Falls 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 Bellows Falls 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 Bellows Falls 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check court records on the Windham County jail website or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Windham County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file that includes a court docket and any filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records online, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Bellows Falls Police Jail might change, so visit the Bellows Falls Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bellows Falls 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 Bellows Falls Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 802-463-1234 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 Bellows Falls Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, 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 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 Bellows Falls Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 802-463-1234

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all of the 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 Bellows Falls Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 learning how to lower 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 calling 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 won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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