Richton Police Jail

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The Richton Police Jail is located at 206 East Dogwood Avenue in Richton, MS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Richton Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Richton Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you advice and information that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and any tips or comments that might be a benefit to others will be much appreciated.

Richton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Richton Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get information about anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their arrest information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Richton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to make a phone call to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process may take between 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether you have a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, plan to be released that morning.

Richton Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the Richton Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Richton Police Jail can change, so make sure that you call the facility at 601-788-5551 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Richton Police Jail you must be added to this person’s visitation list.

Make 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 without it.

No cellphones at Richton Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. 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 going to be 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, 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 Richton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Richton 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 Richton 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 Richton 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Perry County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Richton Police Jail could change, so you should double check the Richton Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Richton 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 Richton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 601-788-5551 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 Richton Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind 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 sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products such as 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 Richton Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 601-788-5551

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Richton Police Jail. The rates 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 will not 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 or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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