Glastonbury Police Jail

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The Glastonbury Police Jail is located at 2108 Main Street in Glastonbury, CT and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Glastonbury Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Glastonbury Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information and advice that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, just ask them, and also any tips or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Glastonbury Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Glastonbury Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people currently in custody, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get information for anybody booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their arrest information fast if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Glastonbury Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Glastonbury Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to make a phone call in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process can take from 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker you post bail, the faster you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on if you have a cash bond or if a judge still needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the discharge date, plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Glastonbury Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must provide each visitor’s name to the Glastonbury Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be put in a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will be turned away.

The Glastonbury Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so call the official Glastonbury Police Jail at 860-633-8301 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Glastonbury Police Jail you have to be added to this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Glastonbury Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 Glastonbury Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Glastonbury 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 Glastonbury 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 Glastonbury 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Hartford County jail website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Hartford County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file containing a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You can access court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail at the Glastonbury Police Jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you review the Glastonbury Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Glastonbury 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 Glastonbury Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 860-633-8301 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 Glastonbury Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

The only phone calls that Glastonbury Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Glastonbury Police Jail phone number is: 860-633-8301

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Glastonbury Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of 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 figuring 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 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 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 jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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