Jamestown Police Jail

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The Jamestown Police Jail is located at 250 Conanicus Avenue in Jamestown, RI and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Jamestown Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about everything related to the Jamestown Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Jamestown Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information and advice that you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Jamestown Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Jamestown Police Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals currently in custody, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get information about anyone arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their inmate information quicker if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Jamestown Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Jamestown Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full legal name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

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

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere between 30 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate needs to decide on the bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, plan to get released that morning.

Jamestown Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Jamestown Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors must provide proof of identification. Visitors showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the official Jamestown Police Jail at 401-423-1212 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Jamestown Police Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Jamestown Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not normally 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 Jamestown Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Jamestown 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 Jamestown 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 Jamestown 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Newport County jail website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail is likely to change, so be sure to visit the Jamestown Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Jamestown 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 Jamestown Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 401-423-1212 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 Jamestown Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need 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 the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Jamestown Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Jamestown Police Jail phone number is: 401-423-1212

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all of the 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 Jamestown Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, 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 in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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