Kent County Jail’S Office

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The Kent County Jail’S Office is located at 222 Quaker Lane in Warwick, RI and is a medium security county jail operated by the Kent County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Kent County Jail’S Office, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Kent County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have questions, just ask it, and any tips or comments that might be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Kent County Jail’S Office Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Kent County Jail’S Office Inmate Roster has information about people who are in jail, which includes status, and visiting hours. You can find information about anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to locate the information faster if you have their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Kent County Jail’S Office Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Kent County Jail’S Office is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will have to answer some questions, like your full name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone in order to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process will take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. So, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a judge still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, expect to get released in the morning.

Kent County Jail’S Office Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give each visitor’s full name to the Kent County Jail’S Office before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be put into a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Each visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Anyone arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so call the facility at (401) 822-6960 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Kent County Jail’S Office you must have your name on their visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Kent County Jail’S Office, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 related to 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 Kent County Jail’S Office. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Kent County Jail’S Office 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 Kent County Jail’S Office. 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 Kent County Jail’S Office 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 might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Kent County jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or 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 for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Kent County Jail’S Office could change, so you should check the Kent County Jail’S Office website before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Kent County Jail’S Office

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 Kent County Jail’S Office uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (401) 822-6960 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 Kent County Jail’S Office store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items 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

The only phone calls that Kent County Jail’S Office inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, phone calls might get reduced or totally denied.

The Kent County Jail’S Office phone number is: (401) 822-6960

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits from all 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 Kent County Jail’S Office. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 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 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 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 facility has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Kent County Jail’S Office, click the link below.

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