Ramsey Police Jail

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The Ramsey Police Jail is located at 7550 Sunwood Drive Northwest in Ramsey, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Ramsey Police Department.

This page will tell you info about anything you might need to know about the Ramsey Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Ramsey Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and 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 helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Ramsey Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ramsey Police Jail Inmate List has information about people who have been arrested, including status, and schedule for visitation. You can get the same information on anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their arrest information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Ramsey Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will get to make a phone call so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process can take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged. It also will depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge has to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, plan to be released in the morning.

Ramsey Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Ramsey Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will be put into the visitation log as an approved visitor. All visitors is required to provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so make sure that you call the facility at 763-427-6812 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Ramsey Police Jail you must first be on this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Ramsey Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Ramsey Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ramsey 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 Ramsey 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 Ramsey 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 find out by checking the court records on the Anoka County court website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. 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 their arrest date, contact the Anoka County jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file containing a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to the Anoka County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete 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 crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you double check the Ramsey Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ramsey 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 Ramsey Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 763-427-6812 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 Ramsey Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely 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 items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products 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 Ramsey Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about 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 jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 763-427-6812

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 profits from all of the 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 Ramsey Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails learning 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 inmate phone calls. 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 jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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