Island Heights Police Jail

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The Island Heights Police Jail is located at 1 East End Avenue in Island Heights, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Island Heights Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Island Heights Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Island Heights Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Ocean County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and tips that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that might be a benefit to others is welcome.

Island Heights Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Island Heights Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get the same information for anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Island Heights Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Island Heights Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

The first step is that you must answer some basic questions, such as what is your legal name, street address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental 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 are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can contact 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 be able to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get let go. Also, it will depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a judge still needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the date of your release, you should plan to be released that morning.

Island Heights Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Island Heights Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the facility at 732-270-3006 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Island Heights 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 cellphones at Island Heights Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 younger than 18 years old 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Island Heights Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Island 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 Island 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 Island 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Ocean County jail website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Ocean County jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that contains a court docket and any documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to the Ocean County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

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

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates change frequently, so you should double check the Island Heights Police Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Island 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 Island Heights Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 732-270-3006 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 Island Heights Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need 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 products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Island Heights Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get reduced or forbidden completely.

The Island Heights Police Jail phone number is: 732-270-3006

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers 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 these phone service providers make from 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 Island Heights Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 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 or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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