Bergenfield Police Jail

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The Bergenfield Police Jail is located at 198 North Washington Avenue in Bergenfield, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bergenfield Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything related to the Bergenfield Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information that you’ll need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and any comments or tips that could be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Bergenfield Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bergenfield Police Jail Inmate Search has information about people currently in custody, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find information about anyone booked or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find the information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Bergenfield Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Bergenfield Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you have to answer some questions, like what is your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency 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 from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing 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

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. This process will take from 15 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you have a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a release date, plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Bergenfield Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s full name to the Bergenfield Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered into a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. All visitors will be required to provide proof of identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Bergenfield Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the official Bergenfield Police Jail at 201-387-4000 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Bergenfield Police Jail you have to first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Bergenfield Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they must 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Bergenfield Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bergenfield 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 Bergenfield 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 Bergenfield 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 check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Bergen County jail website or call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should know 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 their arrest date, contact the Bergen County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that contains a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to the Bergen County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates change frequently, so be sure to visit the Bergenfield Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bergenfield 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 Bergenfield Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 201-387-4000 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 Bergenfield Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as 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 an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items 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 Bergenfield Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, phone calls may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 201-387-4000

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The money 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 Bergenfield Police Jail. The prices 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 finding 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 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 any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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