Nome Police Jail

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The Nome Police Jail is located at 500 Bering Street in Nome, AK and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Nome Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Nome Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give advice and information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that might help others would be much appreciated.

Nome Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Nome Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find the same information about anyone arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information faster if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Nome Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Nome Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You have to answer a number of questions, such as your legal name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental 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.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone in order to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail takes from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, it depends on if you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate must determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, you should plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Nome Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Nome Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will go into the log for the inmate. Every visitor will have to provide identification. Visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Nome Police Jail can change, so we suggest that you call the official Nome Police Jail at 907-443-5262 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Nome Police Jail you must first be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Nome Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Nome Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Nome 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 Nome 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 Nome 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, you can find out by checking the court records on the Nome County jail website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s 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 will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Nome County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Nome Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so be sure to check the Nome Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Nome 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 Nome Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 907-443-5262 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 Nome Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products including 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 Nome Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are usually pricier 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 a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 907-443-5262

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Nome Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 learning how to decrease 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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