Bristol County Jail’S Office

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The Bristol County Jail’S Office is located at 670 New London Avenue in Cranston, RI and is a medium security county jail operated by the Bristol County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Bristol County Jail’S Office, like how to find an inmate at the Bristol County Jail’S Office, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information that you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that might help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Bristol County Jail’S Office Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bristol County Jail’S Office Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to find info on anyone booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information faster if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Bristol County Jail’S Office Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Bristol County Jail’S Office is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

You will have to answer some simple questions, such as your full name, street address, birthdate and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process may take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you can get out of jail. It also might depend on if you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to decide on your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, plan to get discharged that morning.

Bristol County Jail’S Office Visitation

The inmate have to list information about each visitor to the Bristol County Jail’S Office in advance. Your visitors will be put in the visitors log as an Authorized visit. All visitors will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the facility at (401) 275-2900 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Bristol County Jail’S Office you must be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Bristol County Jail’S Office, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons 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 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Bristol County Jail’S Office. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bristol County Jail’S Office 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 Bristol County Jail’S Office. 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 Bristol County Jail’S Office 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 can check court records on the Bristol County court website or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that includes a docket and any documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Bristol County Jail’S Office jail inmates are always changing, so be sure to check the Bristol County Jail’S Office site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bristol County Jail’S Office

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 Bristol County Jail’S Office uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (401) 275-2900 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 Bristol County Jail’S Office store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from 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 enough money in their account. These items 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

All phone calls from the Bristol County Jail’S Office are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are much pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (401) 275-2900

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers 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 these phone service providers make off of all of the inmate phone calls 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 Bristol County Jail’S Office. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails 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 cases like this, the jail or prison 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 Bristol County Jail’S Office, click the link below.

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