Northborough Police Jail

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The Northborough Police Jail is located at 211 Main Street in Northborough, MA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Northborough Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything related to the Northborough Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Worcester County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that could help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Northborough Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Northborough Police Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals who have been arrested, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get the same information on anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find their arrest information fast if you have their name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Northborough Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Northborough Police Jail includes these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, street address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to make a phone call to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged can take between 30 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will be released. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, 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 release date, expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Northborough Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Northborough Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into the visitors log for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so call the jail at 508-393-1515 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Northborough Police Jail you have to be on this person’s 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.

No cellphones at Northborough Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 a 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 magazines to an inmate at the Northborough Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Northborough 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 Northborough 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 Northborough 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 online or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file containing a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Northborough Police Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so it would be best to check the Northborough Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Northborough 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 Northborough Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 508-393-1515 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 Northborough Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Northborough Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 508-393-1515

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Northborough Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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