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Richmond County Jail Information

Address

Richmond County Jail
1 Court Street
Rockingham, NC 8379

Phone Number

Phone Number: (910) 997-8264

The Richmond County Jail is located at 1 Court Street in Rockingham, NC and is a medium security county jail operated by the Richmond County Sheriff’s Department.

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

Introduction

This guide is meant to give advice and information that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Richmond County Jail Inmate Search

Do you know someone that has gone to jail and want to contact them? Do you know somebody that has been arrested and you want to find them?

In order to look up who is in jail at the Richmond County Jail you should use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Richmond County Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who are in jail, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get information for anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find the information quicker if you’ve got their first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Richmond County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Richmond County Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You will answer some questions, like your full legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to use the phone in order to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged takes anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will be freed. It also will depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate has to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to get discharged in the morning.

Richmond County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Richmond County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be entered into a Visiting log for the inmate. Each visitor will be required to provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so call the official Richmond County Jail at (910) 997-8264 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Richmond County Jail you must be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Richmond County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 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 Richmond County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Richmond County 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.

Mailing Address

The mailing address for the Richmond County Jail is:

Richmond County Jail
1 Court Street
Rockingham, NC 8379

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Richmond County Jail
1 Court Street
Rockingham, NC 8379

The inmate mail policy at the Richmond County Jail is always changing, so you should double check the site before send a letter to someone in jail there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Richmond County 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 Richmond County 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 court records on the website or call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, 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 jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that contains a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the Richmond County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to the Richmond County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail might change, so be sure to double check the Richmond County Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Richmond County 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 Richmond County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (910) 997-8264 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 inmateâ€™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 Richmond County Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their 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 Richmond County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden.

The Richmond County Jail phone number is: (910) 997-8264

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits 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 Richmond County Jail. 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. 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 these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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