Williston Police Jail

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The Williston Police Jail is located at 205 East Broadway in Williston, ND and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Williston Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Williston Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Williston Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to others is welcome.

Williston Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Williston Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of people who are in jail, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get information on anyone booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information faster if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Williston Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Williston Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you must answer a bunch of questions, like your full legal name, home address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you make a phone call to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere between 15 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get let go. Also, it depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, you should expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Williston Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Williston Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put in the log for the inmate. Each and every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Williston Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so call the jail at 701-577-1212 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Williston Police Jail you have to first be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Williston Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they must 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 of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Williston Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Williston 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 Williston 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 Williston 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Williams County court website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at the Williams County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Williston Police Jail inmates could change, so check the Williston Police Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Williston 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 Williston Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 701-577-1212 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 Williston Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Williston Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges may be limited or forbidden completely.

The Williston Police Jail phone number is: 701-577-1212

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the 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 Williston Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail 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 Williston Police Jail, click the link below.

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