Ocean Beach Police Jail

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The Ocean Beach Police Jail is located at 623 Bay Walk in Ocean Beach, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Ocean Beach Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything related to the Ocean Beach Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Ocean Beach Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer info that you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that would help others is much appreciated.

Ocean Beach Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ocean Beach Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals who have been arrested, which includes current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find the same information about anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can locate their inmate information faster if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Ocean Beach Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Ocean Beach Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call in order to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get let go. It also can depend on if you have a bond amount or if the magistrate must decide on your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, you should expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Ocean Beach Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must give each visitor’s name to the Ocean Beach Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be put in the visitation log for the inmate. Each visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Ocean Beach Police Jail frequently change, so make sure that you call the official Ocean Beach Police Jail at 631-583-5866 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Ocean Beach Police Jail you have to be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Ocean Beach Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under 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 the 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, 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Ocean Beach Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ocean Beach 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 Ocean Beach 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 Ocean Beach 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 are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Suffolk 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 one of the officers. Bear 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 first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Suffolk County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you can 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 if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail could change, so you should review the Ocean Beach Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ocean Beach 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 Ocean Beach Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 631-583-5866 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 Ocean Beach Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Ocean Beach Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on 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 rules, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Ocean Beach Police Jail phone number is: 631-583-5866

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Ocean Beach Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, 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 Ocean Beach Police Jail, click the link below.

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