West Stockbridge Police Jail

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The West Stockbridge Police Jail is located at 21 State Line Road in West Stockbridge, MA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the West Stockbridge Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything you might need to know about the West Stockbridge Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the West Stockbridge Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information and tips that you’ll need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that could help other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

West Stockbridge Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The West Stockbridge Police Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who are in jail, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get the same information for anyone booked or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information faster if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

West Stockbridge Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the West Stockbridge Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

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

They will let you make a telephone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get 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 you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process may take from 15 minutes to all day. In other words the quicker you post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate has to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, plan to get released between 9am and noon.

West Stockbridge Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide each visitor’s name to the West Stockbridge Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered into a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. Each visitor must provide identification. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so you should call the official West Stockbridge Police Jail at 413-232-8500 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

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

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

No phones at West Stockbridge Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the West Stockbridge Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the West Stockbridge 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 West Stockbridge 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 West Stockbridge 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 for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the Berkshire County court website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to the Berkshire County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail might change, so double check the West Stockbridge Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at West Stockbridge 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 West Stockbridge Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 413-232-8500 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 West Stockbridge Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their 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

All phone calls from the West Stockbridge Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The West Stockbridge Police Jail phone number is: 413-232-8500

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 West Stockbridge Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not 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 or prison 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 West Stockbridge Police Jail, click the link below.

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