Northwood Police Jail

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The Northwood Police Jail is located at 12 North Raymond Street in Northwood, ND and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Northwood Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything you might need to know about the Northwood Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Northwood Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you advice and information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to others would be appreciated.

Northwood Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Northwood Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people currently in custody, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find information for anybody arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to find their inmate information quicker if you’ve got their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Northwood Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Northwood Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone in order to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process will take anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. Also, it can depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the date of your release, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Northwood Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list each visitor’s name to the Northwood Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will go in a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor has to provide identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies change often, so you should call the official Northwood Police Jail at 701-587-5651 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Northwood Police Jail you must first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Northwood Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not related to the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Northwood Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Northwood 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 Northwood 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 Northwood 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Grand Forks County jail website or you can call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Grand Forks County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in your case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, 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.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Northwood Police Jail inmates change frequently, so you should review the Northwood Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Northwood 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 Northwood Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 701-587-5651 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 Northwood Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products like 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

All phone calls from the Northwood Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 701-587-5651

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls 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 Northwood Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 figuring 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility 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 Northwood Police Jail, click the link below.

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