Ridgefield Park Police Jail

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The Ridgefield Park Police Jail is located at 234 Main Street in Ridgefield Park, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Ridgefield Park Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Ridgefield Park Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Ridgefield Park Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Bergen County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information and advice you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Ridgefield Park Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ridgefield Park Police Jail Inmate List has information about individuals who are in jail, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find the same information about anyone arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their arrest information faster if you have their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Ridgefield Park Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Ridgefield Park Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

First you have to answer some basic questions, like what is your legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you make a telephone call to call 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 get to wear your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. Also, it might depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Ridgefield Park Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give each visitor’s name to the Ridgefield Park Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered into the visitors log for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Ridgefield Park Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so call the official Ridgefield Park Police Jail at 201-641-6400 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

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

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Ridgefield Park Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be 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 old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Ridgefield Park Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ridgefield Park 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 Ridgefield Park 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 Ridgefield Park 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can access arrest warrants on the Bergen County jail website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Ridgefield Park Police Jail might change, so it would be best to double check the Ridgefield Park Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ridgefield Park 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 Ridgefield Park Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 201-641-6400 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 Ridgefield Park Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from 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 enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Ridgefield Park Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are typically more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep 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, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Ridgefield Park Police Jail phone number is: 201-641-6400

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Ridgefield Park Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not 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 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 Ridgefield Park Police Jail, click the link below.

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