Romney Police Jail

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The Romney Police Jail is located at 340 East Main Street in Romney, WV and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Romney Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Romney Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Romney Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information and tips that you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Romney Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Romney Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. You can also find information about anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information faster if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Romney Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Romney Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to use the telephone in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail takes from 10 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to determine how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a release date, expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Romney Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s full name to the Romney Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the log for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 304-822-4060 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Romney Police Jail you must have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring 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 Romney Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Romney Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Romney 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 Romney 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 Romney 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 for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Hampshire County jail website or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Hampshire County jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket and any documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access your court records online, or at the Hampshire County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to the Hampshire County Courthouse and check in person, or 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 comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Romney Police Jail change frequently, so be sure to visit the Romney Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Romney 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 Romney Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 304-822-4060 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 Romney Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

The only phone calls that Romney Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Romney Police Jail phone number is: 304-822-4060

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 get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Romney Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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