Westbrook Police Jail

---

The Westbrook Police Jail is located at 570 Main Street in Westbrook, ME and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Westbrook Police Department.

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

Top 10 Searches for Westbrook Police Jail

1. Westbrook Police Jail Information
2. Westbrook Police Jail Inmate Search
3. Cumberland County Inmate Search in Westbrook, ME
4. What Are the Visitation Rules for Westbrook Police Jail
5. Westbrook Police Jail Visitation Hours
6. Discount Westbrook Police Jail Inmate Calls
7. Westbrook Police Jail Care Packages
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Westbrook Police Jail
10. How to Search Cumberland County Arrest Records

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information that you’ll need to make the process easier. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that might help others is welcome.

Westbrook Police Jail Inmate Search

---

Who’s In Jail

The Westbrook Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to get information for anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate their arrest information fast if you’ve got their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Westbrook Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Westbrook Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

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

You will then be allowed to use the phone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you can get released from jail. Also, it might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate has to decide on your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Westbrook Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to provide information about each visitor to the Westbrook Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will go into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Every visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

The Westbrook Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so call the facility at 207-854-0644 before you try to go to visitation.

---

Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Westbrook Police Jail you must first be added to their visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Westbrook Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not going to be 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 old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Westbrook Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Westbrook 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.

---

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Westbrook 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 Westbrook 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 check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Cumberland County court website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, 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, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file containing a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Westbrook Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so it would be best to double check the Westbrook Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Westbrook 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 Westbrook Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 207-854-0644 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 Westbrook Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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

The only phone calls that Westbrook Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are typically more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Westbrook Police Jail phone number is: 207-854-0644

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Westbrook Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where 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 inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

Return To Main Menu

7480