Hackettstown Police Jail

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The Hackettstown Police Jail is located at 215 West Stiger Street in Hackettstown, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hackettstown Police Department.

This site tells you info about everything a person needs to know about the Hackettstown Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Hackettstown Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and tips that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Hackettstown Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hackettstown Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and schedule for visitation. You can also get info for anyone booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Hackettstown Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Hackettstown Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will get put 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 have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call so you can contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged takes anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate must figure out the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, you should plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Hackettstown Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name to the Hackettstown Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will go in the visitors log as an approved visitor. Each visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the facility at 908-852-3302 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Hackettstown Police Jail you must have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Hackettstown Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons under must get 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 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 related to 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Hackettstown Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hackettstown 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 Hackettstown 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 Hackettstown 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 can access arrest warrants online or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to the Warren County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Hackettstown Police Jail change frequently, so you should check the Hackettstown Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hackettstown 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 Hackettstown Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 908-852-3302 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 Hackettstown Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, 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 sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Hackettstown Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are usually more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 908-852-3302

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 how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Hackettstown Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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