Ogdensburg Police Jail

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The Ogdensburg Police Jail is located at 14 Highland Avenue in Ogdensburg, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Ogdensburg Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the Ogdensburg Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Ogdensburg Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Sussex County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you advice and information 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 please leave any tips or comments that might help other people in the same situation is welcome.

Ogdensburg Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ogdensburg Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who have been arrested, including status, and visiting schedule. You can get the same information for anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their arrest information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Ogdensburg Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Ogdensburg Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

The first step is that you will answer some basic questions, like your full legal name, street address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the phone to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. It also might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate has to figure out the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to be discharged that morning.

Ogdensburg Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list each visitor’s full name to the Ogdensburg Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the visitors log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Ogdensburg Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so call the official Ogdensburg Police Jail at 973-827-3160 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Ogdensburg Police Jail you have to first be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Ogdensburg Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Ogdensburg Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ogdensburg 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 Ogdensburg 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 Ogdensburg 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry online or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state, you might 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 any crimes, which can include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail could change, so we suggest that you check the Ogdensburg Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ogdensburg 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 Ogdensburg Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 973-827-3160 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 Ogdensburg Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items 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

The only phone calls that Ogdensburg Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about 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 eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Ogdensburg Police Jail phone number is: 973-827-3160

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all inmate phone calls 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 Ogdensburg 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 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 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 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 these cases, the jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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