Richlands Police Jail

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The Richlands Police Jail is located at 302 South Wilmington Street in Richlands, NC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Richlands Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Richlands Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Onslow County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and advice you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and any comments or tips that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Richlands Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Richlands Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who have been arrested, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find info for anyone booked or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You can get their arrest information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Richlands Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you have to answer some questions, like what is your legal name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to use the phone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail takes between 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the judge needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a discharge date, you should expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Richlands Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide information about each visitor to the Richlands Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so make sure that you call the jail at 910-324-5777 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Richlands Police Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Richlands Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If the 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Richlands Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Richlands 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 Richlands 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 Richlands 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Onslow County jail website or call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear 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 the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file containing a docket and all of the documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to the Onslow County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you review the Richlands Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Richlands 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 Richlands Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 910-324-5777 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 Richlands Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. 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 items that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

All phone calls from the Richlands Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely.

The Richlands Police Jail phone number is: 910-324-5777

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Richlands Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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