Framingham Police Jail

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The Framingham Police Jail is located at 1 William H Welch Way in Framingham, MA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Framingham Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything you might want to know about the Framingham Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Framingham Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information and tips that you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and also any tips or comments that might help other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Framingham Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Framingham Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals currently in custody, including status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to find the same information for anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find the information fast if you enter their name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Framingham Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Framingham Police Jail includes these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

You must answer a bunch of questions, like what is your legal name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a phone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. This process takes anywhere from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Framingham Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list information about each visitor to the Framingham Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will go into a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor is required to provide identification. Visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies change often, so you should call the official Framingham Police Jail at 508-872-1212 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Framingham Police Jail you have to be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Framingham Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Framingham Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Framingham 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 Framingham 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 Framingham 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 inquiry on the Middlesex County court website or you are able to 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. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket and any filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Framingham Police Jail inmates can change at any time, so we suggest that you visit the Framingham Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Framingham 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 Framingham Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 508-872-1212 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 Framingham Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items 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 hygiene products including 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 Framingham Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are generally more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, phone calls may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Framingham Police Jail phone number is: 508-872-1212

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the 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 Framingham Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where 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 calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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