Ramsey County Jail

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The Ramsey County Jail is located at 222 W Walnut in Devils Lake, ND and is a medium security county jail operated by the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you info about everything you might need to know about the Ramsey 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 more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and tips that you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Ramsey County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ramsey County Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find information on anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to locate the information quicker if you enter their name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Ramsey County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Ramsey County Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You must answer some basic questions, like your legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you make a telephone call to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. This process takes between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Ramsey County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s full name to the Ramsey County Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of visitors as an approved visitor. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so call the facility at (701) 662-0708 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Ramsey County Jail you must first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Ramsey County Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 magazines to an inmate at the Ramsey County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ramsey 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 Ramsey 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 Ramsey 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can access arrest warrants on the Ramsey 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 inquire at the information desk. Bear 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, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records on the internet, or at the Ramsey County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Ramsey County Jail is likely to change, so double check the Ramsey County Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ramsey 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 Ramsey County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (701) 662-0708 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 County Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their trust 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

All phone calls from the Ramsey County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (701) 662-0708

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money 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 Ramsey County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease 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 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 therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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