How to Contact an Inmate at Monmouth County Corrections, NJ (NJ)

Every visitor goes through a metal detector before entering the Visit Hall. Plan ahead, because the facility bans several items from the Visit Hall: cell phones, cigarettes, lighters, matches, food, drinks, bags, and weapons. During the visit itself, nothing can be passed to or from the inmate. Don't try to hand anything over or take anything back.

You must be at least 18 years old and have a valid U.S. government-issued photo ID to register for a visit. Bringing a child? You'll need to be their parent or legal guardian, and you'll need to bring the minor's original birth certificate. Have it ready to present when you arrive for your scheduled visit.

There are daily limits on visits. Each visitor may see one male and one female inmate per day, and each inmate is allowed only one visit a day. If you're planning to bring funds in person, only money orders or certified checks made out to the inmate/detainee are accepted. You can bring them to visits during regular hours, or to booking at all other times. No other forms of payment are accepted in person at visits.

1. Bring the right ID and meet the age requirement. To register for a visit, you must be 18 or older and have a valid U.S. government-issued photo ID.
2. Go through screening before entering. Every visitor will pass through a metal detector before entering the Visit Hall.

• ✓ If you are a parent or legal guardian visiting with a child, bring the minor’s original birth certificate to present when you arrive.

• ✓ Plan visits around the daily limits: each visitor may visit one male and one female inmate per day.
• ✓ Keep expectations realistic: inmates are allowed only one visit a day.
• ✓ Do not attempt to pass anything to or from the inmate during the visit.

• ✓ If you bring funds in person, use a money order or certified check made out to the inmate/detainee.
• ✓ Bring money orders or certified checks to visits during regular hours.
• ✓ At all other times, take money orders or certified checks to booking.
• ✓ Do not bring other payment types for in-person transactions at visits, they are not accepted.

1. Go to the correct place after hours. After normal court business hours during the week (and 24 hours a day on weekends), bail is handled only at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution.
2. Use an accepted way to post bail. Bail can be posted in cash or through a bail bondsman.
3. Enter through the right entrance. Proceed to the Booking area through the back entrance when you arrive.

Before making the trip, verify the current visiting schedule and any day-of requirements with the facility. Daily limits apply (one male and one female inmate per visitor per day, one visit per inmate per day), so confirm how those limits affect your plans. If you're bringing money orders or certified checks, ask whether they can be accepted at visits or need to go to booking instead. Dealing with bail after hours? Confirm the latest instructions for where to go and what's accepted.

Make sure your U.S. government-issued photo ID is valid and accepted for adult visitors. If you're visiting with a minor, double-check the requirement to bring the child's original birth certificate. It's worth asking whether copies or alternatives are ever accepted, so you don't get turned away at check-in.

Rules are enforced strictly at the door, so verify the latest list of prohibited items before you arrive. Visitors pass through a metal detector, and the Visit Hall does not allow cell phones, cigarettes, lighters, matches, food, drinks, bags, or weapons. Also remember: nothing can be passed to or from the inmate during visits.