Southbridge Police Jail

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The Southbridge Police Jail is located at 1 Mechanic Street in Southbridge, MA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Southbridge Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything related to the Southbridge Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Southbridge Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that might help others is much appreciated.

Southbridge Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Southbridge Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find the same information on anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find their arrest information faster if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Southbridge Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Southbridge Police Jail includes the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you must answer some basic questions, like what is your full name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will be allowed to use the phone to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a release date, plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Southbridge Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Southbridge Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the visitation log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures can change, so you should call the facility at 508-764-5420 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Southbridge Police Jail you have to first have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Southbridge Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a 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, 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 Southbridge Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Southbridge 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 Southbridge 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 Southbridge 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 arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Worcester County jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file containing a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the Worcester County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail is likely to change, so we suggest that you check the Southbridge Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Southbridge 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 Southbridge Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 508-764-5420 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 Southbridge Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, 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 sufficient funds in their account. These items 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

The only phone calls that Southbridge Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, phone privileges may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 508-764-5420

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies 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 money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Southbridge Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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