Glen Cove Police Jail

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The Glen Cove Police Jail is located at 1 Bridge Street in Glen Cove, NY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Glen Cove Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the Glen Cove Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Glen Cove Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give info that you need to make the process easier. If you have questions, just ask it, and any tips or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Glen Cove Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Glen Cove Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get info on anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Glen Cove Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Glen Cove 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, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will have to answer some questions, such as what is your full legal name, street address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone to call family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will be freed. It also can depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the discharge date, plan to be released in the morning.

Glen Cove Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must give each visitor’s name to the Glen Cove Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be entered in the visitation log as an approved visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Glen Cove Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 516-676-1000 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Glen Cove Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Glen Cove Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 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 Glen Cove Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Glen Cove 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 Glen Cove 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 Glen Cove 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the court records on the Nassau County court website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in the case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Nassau County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to the Nassau County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Glen Cove Police Jail jail inmates might change, so we suggest that you review the Glen Cove Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Glen Cove 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 Glen Cove Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 516-676-1000 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 Glen Cove Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products like 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 Glen Cove Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 516-676-1000

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 they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make 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 Glen Cove Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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