Glocester Police Jail

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The Glocester Police Jail is located at 162 Chopmist Hill Road in Glocester, RI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Glocester Police Department.

This page will tell you info about everything you might need to know about the Glocester Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Glocester Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Glocester Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Glocester Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find the same information on anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information fast if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Glocester Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Glocester Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you have to answer some questions, like your full name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you make a telephone call so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process may take from 15 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. It also might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge has to determine how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be released that morning.

Glocester Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide each visitor’s full name to the Glocester Police Jail in advance. This information will go into the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor has to provide identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so it would be wise to call the official Glocester Police Jail at 401-568-2533 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Glocester Police Jail you have to be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Glocester Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If the 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 Glocester Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Glocester 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 Glocester 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 Glocester 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the court records online or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Providence County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file that includes a docket and any filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal past. These databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail might change, so be sure to double check the Glocester Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Glocester 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 Glocester Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 401-568-2533 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 Glocester 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 cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Glocester Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are usually more costly 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, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Glocester Police Jail phone number is: 401-568-2533

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from all 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 Glocester Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t 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 phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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