Ringtown Police Jail

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The Ringtown Police Jail is located at 31 South Center Street in Ringtown, PA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Ringtown Borough Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything related to the Ringtown Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give advice and information you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and any feedback or comments that would help others will be much appreciated.

Ringtown Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ringtown Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and visiting schedule. You can also get info for anyone booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their arrest information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Ringtown Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Ringtown Police Jail includes each of these steps:

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

First, you have to answer some basic questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birthdate and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to make a telephone call in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the faster you post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. Also, it can depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, you should plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Ringtown Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Ringtown Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be entered in the visitation log for the requesting inmate. All visitors must provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so we suggest that you call the official Ringtown Police Jail at 570-889-3095 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Ringtown Police Jail you must have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Ringtown Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 of age and is not related to the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Ringtown Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ringtown 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 Ringtown 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 Ringtown 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access court records on the website or you can call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Schuylkill County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DWI or DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Ringtown Police Jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you review the Ringtown Police Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ringtown 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 Ringtown Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 570-889-3095 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 Ringtown Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Ringtown Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 570-889-3095

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Ringtown 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 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances 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 rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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