Brigantine Police Jail

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The Brigantine Police Jail is located at 1417 West Brigantine Avenue in Brigantine, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Brigantine Police Department.

This site tells you info about everything you might need to know about the Brigantine Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Brigantine Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and tips that you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to others would be appreciated.

Brigantine Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Brigantine Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who are in jail, including custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to find info for anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can locate the information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Brigantine Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

You have to answer some simple questions, like your full legal name, home address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to use the phone to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process can take anywhere from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will be freed. Also, it will depend on if you have a cash bond or if a magistrate has to decide on how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, you should expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Brigantine Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to list each visitor’s full name to the Brigantine Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so call the facility at 609-266-7414 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Brigantine Police Jail you must first be on this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Brigantine Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally 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 old 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 Brigantine Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Brigantine 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 Brigantine 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 Brigantine 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the court records online or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Atlantic County jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a docket and all of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the Atlantic County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to the Atlantic County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Brigantine Police Jail jail inmates are always changing, so you should check the Brigantine Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Brigantine 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 Brigantine Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 609-266-7414 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 Brigantine Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Brigantine Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 609-266-7414

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 these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Brigantine Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of 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 figuring 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on calling your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their 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 Brigantine Police Jail, click the link below.

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