Eddy County Jail

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The Eddy County Jail is located at 524 Central in New Rockford, ND and is a medium security county jail operated by the Eddy County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Eddy County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer advice and information you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to others would be welcome.

Eddy County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Eddy County Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find information on anybody booked or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get the information quicker if you’ve got their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Eddy County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Eddy County Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

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

First you have to answer a number of questions, like your legal name, address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID 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 get to use the phone in order to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes anywhere between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether you have a cash bond or if a judge still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a release date, expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Eddy County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s name to the Eddy County Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be put in a log of visitors for the inmate. Each visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Eddy County Jail frequently change, so call the facility at (701) 947-5515 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Eddy County Jail you must be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Eddy County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If a 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 Eddy County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Eddy County 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 Eddy County 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 Eddy County 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, you can check the court records on the Eddy County jail website or call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file containing a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to the Eddy County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Eddy County Jail are always changing, so it would be best to visit the Eddy County Jail website before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Eddy County 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 Eddy County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (701) 947-5515 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 Eddy County Jail store. You can purchase several different 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 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 commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

The only phone calls that Eddy County Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are usually more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Eddy County Jail phone number is: (701) 947-5515

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Eddy County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 figuring out 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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