Ringgold Police Jail

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The Ringgold Police Jail is located at 150 Tennessee Street in Ringgold, GA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Ringgold Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about anything related to the Ringgold Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Ringgold Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Catoosa County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information and advice that you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that could help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Ringgold Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ringgold Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get information for anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find the information faster if you enter their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Ringgold Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Ringgold Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer a number of questions, such as your full legal name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you make a phone call in order to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged can take from 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get released. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if a judge still needs to figure out the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, you should plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Ringgold Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Ringgold Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the visitation log for the requesting inmate. All visitors is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Ringgold Police Jail change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at 706-935-3066 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Ringgold Police Jail you must first be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Ringgold Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 a family member of the inmate, this 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 magazines to an inmate at the Ringgold Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ringgold 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 Ringgold 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 Ringgold 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Catoosa County jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access court records online, or at the Catoosa County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail at the Ringgold Police Jail can change at any time, so it would be best to double check the Ringgold Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ringgold 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 Ringgold Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 706-935-3066 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 Ringgold Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Ringgold Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about 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 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 completely.

Phone Number: 706-935-3066

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all phone calls that inmates make are shared 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 Ringgold Police Jail. The rates 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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. In some cases, we won’t 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 inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Ringgold Police Jail, click the link below.

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