Wyckoff Police Jail

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The Wyckoff Police Jail is located at 340 Franklin Avenue in Wyckoff, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Wyckoff Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Wyckoff Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer info that you’ll need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and also any tips or comments that would help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Wyckoff Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Wyckoff Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get the same information about anybody booked or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can get the information quicker if you’ve got their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Wyckoff Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Wyckoff Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

You have to answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you make a phone call so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day. So, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. Also, it depends on whether or not you have a cash bond or if a judge still needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the release date, plan to be released in the morning.

Wyckoff Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give information about each visitor to the Wyckoff Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be put into a log of visitors for the inmate. All visitors will have to provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

The Wyckoff Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so call the official Wyckoff Police Jail at 201-891-2121 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Wyckoff Police Jail you have to be added to their visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Wyckoff Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Wyckoff Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Wyckoff 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 Wyckoff 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 Wyckoff 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 on the Bergen County court website or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that includes a docket and any filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You can go to the Bergen County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted 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 funds to someone in jail change frequently, so you should review the Wyckoff Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Wyckoff 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 Wyckoff Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 201-891-2121 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 Wyckoff Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from 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 inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Wyckoff Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are usually more costly 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 must 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, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 201-891-2121

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all 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 Wyckoff 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 state prisons and local 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. 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 or prison 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 Wyckoff Police Jail, click the link below.

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