South Windsor Police Jail

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The South Windsor Police Jail is located at 151 Sand Hill Road in South Windsor, CT and is a medium security police department jail operated by the South Windsor Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything one might want to know about the South Windsor Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give info that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that would help others would be welcome.

South Windsor Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The South Windsor Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get info for anybody booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their inmate information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

South Windsor Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the South Windsor Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you must answer some questions, like what is your legal name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, 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, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

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

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will be released. Also, it depends on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, plan to be discharged that morning.

South Windsor Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s full name to the South Windsor Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will go in a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The South Windsor Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the facility at 860-644-2551 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the South Windsor Police Jail you must first be added to their 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 without it.

No phones at South Windsor Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the South Windsor Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the South Windsor 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 South Windsor 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 South Windsor 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the court records on the 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 the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Hartford County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to South Windsor Police Jail jail inmates change frequently, so review the South Windsor Police Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at South Windsor 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 South Windsor Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 860-644-2551 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 South Windsor Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want 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 inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that South Windsor Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are typically more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 860-644-2551

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make 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 South Windsor Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 state prisons and local jails finding 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases 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 South Windsor Police Jail, click the link below.

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