Penns Grove Police Jail

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The Penns Grove Police Jail is located at 1 State Street in Penns Grove, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Penns Grove Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything related to the Penns Grove Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Penns Grove Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Salem County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Penns Grove Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Penns Grove Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who are in jail, which includes status, and visiting schedule. You can also find the same information on anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their arrest information quicker if you have their name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Penns Grove Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Penns Grove Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you have to answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to use the phone so you can call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process may take from 10 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster bail is posted, the sooner you can get out of jail. It also can depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to figure out your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, you should plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Penns Grove Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide each visitor’s name to the Penns Grove Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will go in a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Penns Grove Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so call the facility at 856-299-0055 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Penns Grove Police Jail you must first have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Penns Grove Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Penns Grove Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Penns Grove 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 Penns Grove 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 Penns Grove 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Salem County court website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Bear in mind 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 their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the Salem County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it 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 Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Penns Grove Police Jail might change, so you should double check the Penns Grove Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Penns Grove 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 Penns Grove Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 856-299-0055 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 Penns Grove Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep 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 a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Penns Grove Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 856-299-0055

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 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 Penns Grove Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 finding 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. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, 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 Penns Grove Police Jail, click the link below.

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