Rockaway Police Jail

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The Rockaway Police Jail is located at 33 Maple Avenue in Rockaway, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Rockaway Borough Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything one might want to know about the Rockaway Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Rockaway Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and tips you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that could be a benefit to others is welcome.

Rockaway Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Rockaway Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals currently in custody, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find info on anybody arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their inmate information fast if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Rockaway Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Rockaway Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you have to answer some simple questions, such as your full name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process can take from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged will depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate has to decide on the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a release date, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Rockaway Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Rockaway Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be put into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so call the facility at 973-627-1314 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Rockaway Police Jail you have to be added to their visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Rockaway Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not normally 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 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 Rockaway Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Rockaway 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 Rockaway 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 Rockaway 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 access arrest warrants online or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Morris County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a court docket and any documents filed in the case. You can access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to the Morris County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail could change, so be sure to check the Rockaway Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Rockaway 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 Rockaway Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 973-627-1314 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 Rockaway Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want 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 items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Rockaway Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are typically pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on 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 break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Rockaway Police Jail phone number is: 973-627-1314

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Rockaway Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 figuring out 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling 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 these cases, the jail 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 Rockaway Police Jail, click the link below.

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