Riverton Police Jail

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The Riverton Police Jail is located at 816 North Federal Boulevard in Riverton, WY and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Riverton Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Riverton Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and tips you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Riverton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Riverton Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals who are in jail, which includes current status, and times you can visit. You can also get information about anyone processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information quicker if you have their first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Riverton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Riverton Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

You must answer a number of questions, such as your full name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and 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 will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you can get released from jail. Also, it might depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge has to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Riverton Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list each visitor’s name to the Riverton Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor must provide identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Riverton Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so call the jail at 307-856-4891 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Riverton Police Jail you must be added to this person’s 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.

No cellphones are allowed at Riverton Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 of age and is not a family member of 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 magazines to an inmate at the Riverton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Riverton 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 Riverton 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 Riverton 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Fremont County court website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding 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 possibly an arrest date, contact the Fremont County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at the Fremont County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to the Fremont County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if 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 are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Riverton Police Jail might change, so review the Riverton Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Riverton 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 Riverton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 307-856-4891 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 Riverton Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, 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 sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products including 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 Riverton Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot pricier than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 307-856-4891

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts 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 these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Riverton Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 calling your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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