Somerset County Jail provides you with the clothing necessary for your stay within the jail.  Medically required items:  crutches, removable casts, glasses, canes, etc.  will be evaluated by medical staff as to need and approved or not by the Security Supervisor.  If disapproved, and medically required, concessions may be made by Security Supervisor.   Be aware that all of your clothing with exception of coats will be washed and dried prior to storage until your release.  You will have 7 days from your booking to get rid of any property in excess of a set of clothes to be released in, personal identification, and legal paperwork by 1 of 3 options:  it can be mailed out at your expense, picked up by a your designee, or donated to the facility.  This is due to limited storage space at the facility.

You may receive books and magazines through the mail directly from a distributer but will only be able to have 2 in your cell at a time.  The excess books will not be stored by the facility but must be sent out at your expense, picked up by a visitor, or donated to the facility library.

The following items (these are examples and do not include all items) are considered contraband within the jail because they are dangerous, perishable, or illegal for the jail to store:  cigarettes, lighters, guns, knives, explosives, perishable food items, ammunition, matches, etc.  These items will not be stored.

Somerset County Jail does not allow:  Illegal drugs, opiates, benzodiazepines, or some highly addictive psychotropic medications for reasons of the safety of the inmate population and you.  If you have a valid prescription for a medication not allowed at the jail, arrangements, in consultation with your treating physician and the jail's medical staff, may be made.  The jail will not accept MEDICAL MARIJUANA in any form per direction of the State Attorney General's Office guidance.  Medication that you bring in will be deemed contraband if any of the following conditions exist: Missing or Illegible Label on container, Prescribed for another person, Multiple types of medication in the same container, or Medication expired.  Medical Contraband will be turned over to the arresting officer or destroyed.  It is important for your continued health to completly answer the Booking Officer's and Medical staff screenings.