New Buffalo Police Jail

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The New Buffalo Police Jail is located at 224 West Buffalo Street in New Buffalo, MI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the New Buffalo Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about everything related to the New Buffalo Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information and advice you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

New Buffalo Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The New Buffalo Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find the same information about anyone arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find the information quicker if you have their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

New Buffalo Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the New Buffalo Police Jail includes these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will answer a number of questions, like what is your legal name, street address, birth date and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to make a telephone call to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get released. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you have a cash bond or if a judge needs to determine your bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to get released that morning.

New Buffalo Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name to the New Buffalo Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will go into a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at New Buffalo Police Jail can change, so call the jail at 269-469-1593 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the New Buffalo Police Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at New Buffalo Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently 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 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not related to 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 even magazines to an inmate at the New Buffalo Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the New Buffalo 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 New Buffalo 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 New Buffalo 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 for your arrest, you can check the court records online or call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, 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 Berrien County jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to New Buffalo Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so you should review the New Buffalo Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at New Buffalo 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 New Buffalo Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 269-469-1593 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 New Buffalo Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember 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 an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 New Buffalo Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions 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 there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 269-469-1593

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 New Buffalo Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to decrease 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 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 cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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