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Belleville Police Jail Information

Address

Belleville Police Jail
152 Washington Avenue
Belleville, NJ 07109-2589

Phone Number

Phone: 973-450-3333

The Belleville Police Jail is located at 152 Washington Avenue in Belleville, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Belleville Police Department.

This site tells you info about everything you might want to know about the Belleville Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much much more.

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information and tips that you need to make going to jail easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and also any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others would be much appreciated.

Belleville Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that has gone to jail and want to contact them? Do you know a family member or friend who’s been arrested and you want to find them?

To see who is in jail at the Belleville Police Jail you should use the search form.

Inmate Search

First Name

Last Name

State

Who’s In Jail

The Belleville Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals currently in custody, including status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find information about anybody booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate the information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Belleville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Belleville Police Jail includes these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you must answer some questions, such as what is your full name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you use the telephone so you can call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere from 30 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Belleville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Belleville Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be entered into a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. Each visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so make sure that you call the jail at 973-450-3333 before you try to go to visitation.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Belleville Police Jail you must first be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Belleville Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 Belleville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Belleville 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to someone incarcerated at Belleville Police Jail:

Belleville Police Jail
152 Washington Avenue
Belleville, NJ 07109-2589

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Belleville Police Jail
152 Washington Avenue
Belleville, NJ 07109-2589

The Belleville Police Jail inmate mail policy changes frequently, so you should double check the site when you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Belleville 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 Belleville 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants online or you are able to call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person 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 a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Essex County jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file that includes a court docket and any documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the Essex County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail could change, so it would be best to double check the Belleville Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Belleville 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 Belleville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 973-450-3333 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 inmateâ€™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 Belleville Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need 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 an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary 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 Belleville Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and 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 break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Belleville Police Jail phone number is: 973-450-3333

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make 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 Belleville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 finding out how to lower 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 prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison 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 Belleville Police Jail, click the link below.

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