Newburyport Police Jail

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The Newburyport Police Jail is located at 4 Green Street in Newburyport, MA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Newburyport Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything related to the Newburyport Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and tips that you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to others will be much appreciated.

Newburyport Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Newburyport Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find information about anyone processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their inmate information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Newburyport Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Newburyport Police Jail includes each of these steps:

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

The first step is that you have to answer a number of questions, such as your full legal name, home address, date of birth and an emergency 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, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to use the phone so you can call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process takes between 30 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Newburyport Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must give each visitor’s full name to the Newburyport Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will be entered in the log for the inmate. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the jail at 978-462-4411 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Newburyport Police Jail you must first be added to 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 because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Newburyport Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must 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 of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Newburyport Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Newburyport 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 Newburyport 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 Newburyport 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 court records online or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Essex County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records online, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Essex County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Newburyport Police Jail change frequently, so it would be best to visit the Newburyport Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Newburyport 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 Newburyport Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 978-462-4411 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 Newburyport Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use 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 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Newburyport Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Newburyport Police Jail phone number is: 978-462-4411

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of 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 Newburyport Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 state prisons and local jails learning 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. 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 facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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