Rittman Police Jail

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The Rittman Police Jail is located at 33 East Ohio Avenue in Rittman, OH and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Rittman Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Rittman Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Wayne County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have specific questions, 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.

Rittman Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Rittman Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of people currently in custody, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get the same information on anybody arrested and booked or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their arrest information quicker if you have their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Rittman Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Rittman Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some basic questions, like your legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone in order to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process may take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to determine your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to get discharged that morning.

Rittman Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Rittman Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be put into the visitors log for the inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the jail at 330-927-1551 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

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

Be 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.

No mobile phones at Rittman Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 younger than 18 years old and is not related to 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 magazines to an inmate at the Rittman Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Rittman 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 Rittman 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 Rittman 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the Wayne 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 inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a court docket and all documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access court records on the website, or at the Wayne County 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 connected and you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail are always changing, so visit the Rittman Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Rittman 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 Rittman Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 330-927-1551 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 Rittman Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely 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 trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Rittman Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 330-927-1551

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Rittman 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 figuring 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 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 prisons or jails where we will not 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 jail or prison 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 Rittman Police Jail, click the link below.

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