Berkeley Heights Police Jail

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The Berkeley Heights Police Jail is located at 29 Park Avenue in Berkeley Heights, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Berkeley Heights Police Department.

This site tells you info about everything related to the Berkeley Heights Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and tips that you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and any tips or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Berkeley Heights Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Berkeley Heights Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find information on anyone booked or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can find their inmate information faster if you enter their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Berkeley Heights Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Berkeley Heights Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will have to answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to make a phone call so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process takes anywhere between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get discharged. It also might depend on if you have a bond amount or if the judge needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the discharge date, plan to be released in the morning.

Berkeley Heights Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s full name to the Berkeley Heights Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the visitation log for the inmate. All visitors will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Berkeley Heights Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so call the official Berkeley Heights Police Jail at 908-464-1111 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Berkeley Heights Police Jail you have to be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Berkeley Heights Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not 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 younger than 18 years old 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 Berkeley Heights Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Berkeley Heights 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 Berkeley Heights 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 Berkeley Heights 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Union County court website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Union County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records online, or at the Union County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail change frequently, so review the Berkeley Heights Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Berkeley Heights 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 Berkeley Heights Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 908-464-1111 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 Berkeley Heights Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use 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 the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products like 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 Berkeley Heights Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are generally pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or totally denied.

The Berkeley Heights Police Jail phone number is: 908-464-1111

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Berkeley Heights 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 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 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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