Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West

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The Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West is located at 4301 East Parham Road in Henrico, VA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Henrico County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you info about anything a person needs to know about the Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Henrico County court records, and much, much more.

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4. Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West Visitation Rules
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6. How To Save Money on Inmate Calls at Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West
7. Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West Care Packages
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West
10. How to Search Henrico County Arrest Records

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information and tips you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask it, and any tips or comments that would be a benefit to others would be much appreciated.

Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West Inmate Search has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and visiting schedule. You can also find the same information for anybody processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to locate the information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will answer a bunch of questions, such as your full legal name, your address, date of birth and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to make a telephone call so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you 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 – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate must decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a release date, expect to get discharged in the morning.

Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West Visitation

The inmate must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West before you can visit. This information will be put into the visitation log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at (804) 501-4586 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West you have to first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 under the age of 18 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West 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 Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West. 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 Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Henrico 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. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that contains a court docket and any documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at the Henrico County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West jail inmates can change at any time, so be sure to visit the Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West

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 Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (804) 501-4586 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 Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West store. You can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely.

The Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West phone number is: (804) 501-4586

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 how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all inmate phone calls 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 Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West. 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 lower 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 these cases, the jail has set their inmate 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 Henrico County Jail – Regional Jail West, click the link below.

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