Oakland Police Jail

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The Oakland Police Jail is located at 1477 Victory Highway in Oakland, RI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Burrillville Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about everything related to the Oakland Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Oakland Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Providence County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and also any comments or feedback that would help others would be appreciated.

Oakland Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Oakland Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find info on anyone booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information fast if you’ve got their name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Oakland Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Oakland Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will have to answer some basic questions, such as your full name, street address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you make a telephone call to call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged can take between 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge still needs to figure out your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Oakland Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give information about each visitor to the Oakland Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Each visitor will have to provide identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Oakland Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the official Oakland Police Jail at 401-568-6255 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Oakland Police Jail you must have your name on their visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Oakland Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of 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 Oakland Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Oakland 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 Oakland 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 Oakland 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 think you might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Providence County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You can access court records on the website, or at the Providence County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to the Providence County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Oakland Police Jail inmates change frequently, so you should check the Oakland Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Oakland 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 Oakland Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 401-568-6255 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 Oakland Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to use 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 products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products 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 Oakland Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls could be reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 401-568-6255

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Oakland Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 lower 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. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison 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 Oakland Police Jail, click the link below.

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