Department of Corrections

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• Attorney-Professional Visits
• Friends and Family Visit Schedule Dress Code
• COVID-19 PROTOCOLS AT ECCF
• Attorney Visits at the ECCF (April 13, 2022 Memo)

INMATE LOCATOR

If you are interested in obtaining general information about a particular inmate, please contact:

·       Essex County Department of Corrections at 973-274-7500 / 973-274-7800

·       Click here for Inmate Lookup

·       Civilian Task Force

·       Essex County Correctional Facility (PS.ADM.017) Drug Testing

·       Prison Rape Elimination Act at the Essex County Correctional Facility

·       ECCF 2018 Annual PREA Report

·       ECCF-2019-Annual-PREA-Report

·       ECCF-2020-Annual-PREA-Report

·       ECCF-2021-Annual-PREA-Report

The employees of the Department of Corrections are committed to a fully integrated correctional system. We set an unparalleled standard of professionalism and correctional excellence through our operation of a safe, secure and humane correctional facility.

The mission of the Essex County Department of Corrections is to ensure that all persons committed to our County’s correctional institutions are confined with the level of custody necessary to protect the public while providing care, discipline, training, and treatment in preparation for reintegration into the community.

The Essex County Department of Corrections has evolved into a complex organization with many divisions and sub-divisions. These units have been trained in specialized areas of law enforcement.

The Essex County Department of Corrections has experienced great success by achieving a 100% compliance rating from the New Jersey Department of Corrections’ Bureau of County Services from 2007 to 2010. We were also accredited by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) and certified by the Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Also in 2007, our Department assumed administrative control of the Essex County Juvenile Detention Center located in Newark, NJ.

After saving our taxpayers $34.5 million through the utilization of public-private partnerships and satisfying a twenty year old federal consent decree, Essex County Department of Corrections is truly New Jersey’s finest correctional organization.

BAIL

Bail will only be accepted at the Correctional Facility between the hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. five (5) days a week. (Fianza de la Cortes seran solamente recogida diariamente entre las horas 9 a.m. haste las 3 p.m.

SPECIAL ITEMS

Special Medical Footwear

Eyeglasses

Inmate mail and packages

Essex County Correctional Facility

Inmate Name and Serial Number

354 Doremus Avenue

Newark, NJ 07105

Inmates are allowed to send and receive an unlimited number of letters.

There shall be no restriction on the length, language, or context of letters or to whom an inmate may write except when there is a clear threat to the institution.

All incoming mail, letters or parcels will be examined/handled by Correctional Facility officials for cash, checks, money orders, and contraband, but not read except when such is deemed a threat to the security of the institution or used for illegal activity. Inmates shall be permitted to receive soft covered books, magazines, newspapers or other printed matter mailed directly from the publisher or reputable book store.

Sending Funds to Inmates

Essex County Correctional Facility

Inmate Name and Booking Number or Jail ID Number

354 Doremus Avenue

Newark, NJ 07105

By Mail an Inmate may receive Postal Money Orders, Bank (redeemable) Money orders, Cashier’s Checks, or Certified Checks.

NO TRAVELER’S EXPRESS OR STORE MONEY ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Visitors Lobby Kiosk accepts Cash, Debit cards and Credit cards (No personal checks)

Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm.

CLOSED ON SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND OFFICIAL COUNTY HOLIDAYS.

On-line Payments

If you want to transfer money to a commissary account or add money to an inmate’s phone account, please go to www.offenderConnect.com (24 hour-a-day access).