Brattleboro Police Jail

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The Brattleboro Police Jail is located at 230 Main Street in Brattleboro, VT and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Brattleboro Police Department.

This site will tell you info about anything a person needs to know about the Brattleboro Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Brattleboro Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and tips that you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to others will be welcome.

Brattleboro Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Brattleboro Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get information about anyone processed or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate their arrest information fast if you enter the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Brattleboro Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Brattleboro Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you must answer some questions, like your full name, address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to make a telephone call so you can call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process takes between 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the judge needs to determine the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, plan to be released that morning.

Brattleboro Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide each visitor’s full name to the Brattleboro Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be entered in the visitation log as an approved visitor. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so make sure that you call the jail at 802-257-2302 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Brattleboro Police Jail you have to first be added to their approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Brattleboro Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Brattleboro Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Brattleboro 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 Brattleboro 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 Brattleboro 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 check arrest warrants on the Windham County jail website or call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file containing a docket and all documents filed in your case. You can access the court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Brattleboro Police Jail are always changing, so you should visit the Brattleboro Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Brattleboro 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 Brattleboro Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 802-257-2302 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 Brattleboro Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, 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 enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Brattleboro Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls may be limited or forbidden completely.

The Brattleboro Police Jail phone number is: 802-257-2302

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make 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 Brattleboro Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 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 Brattleboro Police Jail, click the link below.

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