Vernon Police Jail

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The Vernon Police Jail is located at 725 Hartford Turnpike in Vernon, CT and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Vernon Police Department.

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

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the info that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that could help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Vernon Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Vernon Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and times you can visit. You can find info for anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find their inmate information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Vernon Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Vernon Police Jail includes each of these steps:

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

First, you must answer a number of questions, such as your legal name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a phone call to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Vernon Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Vernon Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be entered in a log of visitors as an approved visitor. All visitors is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The Vernon Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the facility at 860-872-9126 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Vernon Police Jail you must be on this person’s 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 cellphones are allowed at Vernon Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Vernon Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Vernon 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 Vernon 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 Vernon 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Tolland County jail website or you can call the court. 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. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Tolland County jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to the Tolland County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Vernon Police Jail might change, so we suggest that you review the Vernon Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Vernon 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 Vernon Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 860-872-9126 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 Vernon Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

The only phone calls that Vernon Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are usually more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Vernon Police Jail phone number is: 860-872-9126

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make 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 Vernon Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 state prisons and local 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 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 these cases, the jail has set their phone call 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 Vernon Police Jail, click the link below.

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