Essex Police Jail

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The Essex Police Jail is located at 29 West Avenue in Essex, CT and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Essex Police Department.

This site will tell you info about anything you might need to know about the Essex Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Essex Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer info that you’ll need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Essex Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Essex Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. You can also get info on anyone booked or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Essex Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Essex Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

You will answer some basic questions, such as what is your legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

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

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged will take from 15 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get released. Also, how fast you get released can depend on if you have a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Essex Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Essex Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will go in the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so it would be wise to call the facility at 860-767-1054 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Essex Police Jail you have to be on their visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Essex Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently 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 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 under the age of 18 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Essex Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Essex 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 Essex 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 Essex 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 court records on the website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail can change at any time, so be sure to check the Essex Police Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Essex 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 Essex Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 860-767-1054 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 Essex Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, 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 sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Essex Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are much pricier 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 you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 860-767-1054

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls 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 Essex Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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