The Northern State Prison in Essex County serves as a prison facility for the city of Newark and other smaller towns surrounding Essex. As well as inmates awaiting transfer to other prisons, jails and State penitentiaries. Northern State Prison is a minimum prison facility. One of several in NJ The listed address of Northern State Prison is 168 Frontage Rd. This is facility is located in Newark, NJ, 07114-3794. This city is in Essex. Before traveling, you should always call the jail to verify your inmate is still located at this address and that they can receive visitors.
Prisons in NJ, like many others these days can make it difficult and costly for inmates to call the outside. This is also true of Northern State Prison. Some charge long distance fees of over $10 a minute making it almost impossible to maintain relationships and family ties. Inmate families have found they can avoid these abusive fees by setting up a local prison phone number that ring their long distance phone. A company called GlobalTel.com provides this service and they can be contacted here:
jail calls. They also provide an easy way to send mail to an inmate. To use their mail service, click here:
send postcards. Calling your inmate is the best way to get details about mail and visitation rules for Northern State Prison. They can provide you with their individual allowed prison call times and visitation hours and open days. Every prison facility in NJ has its own rules. Your loved one will generally be informed of the rules for that facility and any individual restrictions applied.
Northern State Prison is a State Prison facility. It can be helpful to understand the type of facility because this will largely determine how inmates at Northern State Prison will be treated. Prisons and jails today charge for everything. You can expect to pay for soap, toothpaste, phone calls and stamps, books and even paper are all provided for a fee that is often many times higher than the price paid in the free world. Setting up an economical phone service so you can communicate without long distance charges is the first step. Then you should ask your inmate what else they will need and how you can properly send it.
Northern State Prison is located in the EST time zone. Ensure your call times match the correct time in your inmate's location. The current Northern State Prison warden is Administrator George Robinson. You can often talk directly with them at a smaller facility or write and email them at a larger one. This will naturally depend on the size and type of your prison facility. Northern State Prison currently holds around 2463 inmates. At full capacity Northern State Prison was built to hold 2615. How crowded Northern State Prison is at any moment can significantly affect living conditions. Prison families can do a lot to help each other and their inmates in Northern State Prison by sharing information about this facility with other families. We make that easy. Take a moment to share your experiences at Northern State Prison. Everything from suggestions about the best places to stay to the most helpful local organizations can be valuable to others.