Waterbury Police Jail

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The Waterbury Police Jail is located at 51 South Main Street in Waterbury, VT and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Waterbury Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Waterbury Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Waterbury Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and advice that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that would help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Waterbury Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Waterbury Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and times you can visit. You can find info about anyone booked or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Waterbury Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Waterbury Police Jail includes the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you must answer a bunch of questions, such as your full legal name, address, birthdate and contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the phone so you can call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process will take anywhere from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will be released. Also, it can depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge must determine your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, plan to get discharged that morning.

Waterbury Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give information about each visitor to the Waterbury Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will go into the log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor must provide identification. Visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies can change, so make sure that you call the facility at 802-244-7339 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Waterbury Police Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Waterbury Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Waterbury Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Waterbury 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 Waterbury 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 Waterbury 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 an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the website or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Washington County jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records on the website, or at the Washington County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Waterbury Police Jail are always changing, so it would be best to review the Waterbury Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Waterbury 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 Waterbury Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 802-244-7339 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 Waterbury Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

The only phone calls that Waterbury Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 802-244-7339

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Waterbury Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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. In some cases, we will not 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 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 Waterbury Police Jail, click the link below.

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