Westport Police Jail

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The Westport Police Jail is located at 818 Main Road in Westport, MA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Westport Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything a person needs to know about the Westport Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Westport Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and also any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

Westport Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Westport Police Jail Inmate List is a list of people who have been arrested, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to get info for anybody booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find the information fast if you enter their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Westport Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your full name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you use the phone so you can talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get released. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, plan to get discharged in the morning.

Westport Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Westport Police Jail before you can visit. This information will be entered in a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so it would be wise to call the facility at 508-636-1122 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Westport Police Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Westport Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation 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 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 a family member of 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 Westport Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Westport 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 Westport 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 Westport 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Bristol County court website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear 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 know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Bristol County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket and all documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to the Bristol County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DWI or DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Westport Police Jail could change, so we suggest that you review the Westport Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Westport 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 Westport Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 508-636-1122 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 Westport Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, 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 sufficient funds in their commissary 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 Westport Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are usually pricier 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 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 Westport Police Jail phone number is: 508-636-1122

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies 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 off of all of the inmate phone calls 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 Westport Police Jail. The prices 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 finding out how to lower 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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