Totowa Police Jail

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The Totowa Police Jail is located at 537 Totowa Road in Totowa, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Totowa Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything related to the Totowa Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Totowa Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give info that you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Totowa Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Totowa Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get info about anyone arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information fast if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Totowa Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Totowa Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

First, you must answer some questions, such as what is your full name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call so you can talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, if not you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you post bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge still needs to determine the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Totowa Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Totowa Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered in a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. All visitors will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so it would be wise to call the facility at 973-790-3700 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Totowa Police Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Totowa Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation 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 younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, the minor 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 Totowa Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Totowa 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 Totowa 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 Totowa 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 arrest warrants on the Passaic County court website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to the Passaic County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Totowa Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so be sure to double check the Totowa Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Totowa 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 Totowa Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 973-790-3700 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 Totowa Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust 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

All phone calls from the Totowa Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Totowa Police Jail phone number is: 973-790-3700

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 get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Totowa Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 can be 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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