Groveland Police Jail

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The Groveland Police Jail is located at 181 Main Street in Groveland, MA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Groveland Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Groveland Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Groveland Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information that you’ll need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Groveland Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Groveland Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of people who have been arrested, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get info for anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you have the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Groveland Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Groveland Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer some simple questions, such as your full name, address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged may take from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will be released. How quickly you get discharged will depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge needs to determine your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the discharge date, expect to get discharged in the morning.

Groveland Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Groveland Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor will be required to provide identification. Any visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so you should call the facility at 978-521-1212 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Groveland Police Jail you have to have your name on their visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Groveland Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Groveland Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Groveland 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 Groveland 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 Groveland 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 for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the website or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Essex County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket and all documents and filings filed in the case. You can access court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Groveland Police Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so you should double check the Groveland Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Groveland 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 Groveland Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 978-521-1212 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 Groveland Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products including 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 Groveland Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are a lot pricier than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 978-521-1212

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of 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 Groveland Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different 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 figuring out how to decrease 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their inmate 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 Groveland Police Jail, click the link below.

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