Harvey Cedars Police Jail

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The Harvey Cedars Police Jail is located at 7606 Long Beach Boulevard in Harvey Cedars, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Harvey Cedars Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything related to the Harvey Cedars Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Harvey Cedars Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information and tips that you’ll 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 tips or comments that could be beneficial to others would be much appreciated.

Harvey Cedars Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Harvey Cedars Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people currently in custody, including custody status, and visiting schedule. You can get the same information on anyone booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find the information more quickly if you’ve got their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Harvey Cedars Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Harvey Cedars Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you will answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, home address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone so you can talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

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

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. This process takes between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate must determine how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, you should expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Harvey Cedars Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Harvey Cedars Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be entered into a log of approved visitors for the inmate. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures can change, so make sure that you call the jail at 609-494-6509 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Harvey Cedars Police Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones at Harvey Cedars Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally 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 under the age of 18 and is not a family member of 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Harvey Cedars Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Harvey Cedars 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 Harvey Cedars 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 Harvey Cedars 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry online or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Ocean County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

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 the case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to the Ocean County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

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

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail change frequently, so we suggest that you visit the Harvey Cedars Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Harvey Cedars 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 Harvey Cedars Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 609-494-6509 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 Harvey Cedars Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their trust 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 Harvey Cedars Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are a lot more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or totally denied.

The Harvey Cedars Police Jail phone number is: 609-494-6509

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Harvey Cedars Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, 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 facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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