Avon Police Jail

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The Avon Police Jail is located at 150 Main Street in Avon, MA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Avon Police Department.

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

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7. Avon Police Jail Care Packages
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and any tips or comments that would be a benefit to others is welcome.

Avon Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Avon Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find information about anyone arrested and booked or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information fast if you enter their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Avon Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some questions, like your full name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get released. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate has to decide on how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Avon Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Avon Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be entered into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Avon Police Jail are always changing, so we suggest that you call the official Avon Police Jail at 508-583-6677 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Avon Police Jail you have to first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Avon Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not 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 a 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Avon Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Avon 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 Avon 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 Avon 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Norfolk County jail website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Norfolk County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that contains a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, 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 someone in jail is likely to change, so it would be best to review the Avon Police Jail website before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Avon 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 Avon Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 508-583-6677 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 Avon Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money 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

The only phone calls that Avon Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are typically pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

Phone Number: 508-583-6677

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all of the 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 Avon Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore 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 Avon Police Jail, click the link below.

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