South River Police Jail

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The South River Police Jail is located at 61 Main Street in South River, NJ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the South River Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything you might want to know about the South River Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information that you’ll need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to others will be much appreciated.

South River Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The South River Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals currently in custody, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get info for anyone arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

South River Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the South River Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some basic questions, like your legal name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you make a phone call to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. This process will take from 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge needs to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, you should plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

South River Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the South River Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will go in the visitors log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The South River Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 732-254-1150 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the South River Police Jail you must 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 with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at South River Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the South River Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the South River 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 South River 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 South River 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 an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Middlesex County jail website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Middlesex County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and any documents filed in your court case. You can access court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. Go to the Middlesex County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates could change, so be sure to visit the South River Police Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at South River 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 South River Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 732-254-1150 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 South River Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want 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 enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 South River Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, 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 totally denied.

The South River Police Jail phone number is: 732-254-1150

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 South River Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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