Townsend Police Jail

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The Townsend Police Jail is located at 70 Brookline Street in Townsend, MA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Townsend Police Department.

This page tells you info about anything one might want to know about the Townsend Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Townsend Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give advice and information that you’ll need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that could help other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Townsend Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Townsend Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find information for anyone who has been arrested or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their arrest information fast if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Townsend Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full legal name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to make a phone call in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you 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 finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process can take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get let go. Also, it might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate needs to decide on your bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Townsend Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Townsend Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be put into the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor must provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Townsend Police Jail frequently change, so you should call the jail at 978-597-2242 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Townsend Police Jail you have to have your name on their visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Townsend Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 under the age of 18 and is not a family member of 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 Townsend Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Townsend 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 Townsend 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 Townsend 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 are able to check the arrest warrants on the Middlesex County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. 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 know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Middlesex County jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any filings and documents 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 maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to the Middlesex County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Townsend Police Jail inmates could change, so be sure to review the Townsend Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Townsend 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 Townsend Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 978-597-2242 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 Townsend Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have money in their 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 Townsend Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted 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 break the jail rules, phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden.

The Townsend Police Jail phone number is: 978-597-2242

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control 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 Townsend Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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