Westmoreland County Jail

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The Westmoreland County Jail is located at 3908 Richmond Road in Warsaw, VA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything related to the Westmoreland County Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Westmoreland County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that might help others is much appreciated.

Westmoreland County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Westmoreland County Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who have been arrested, including status, and visiting hours. You can find information about anyone booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to get the information fast if you enter their full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Westmoreland County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some basic questions, like your legal name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process can take anywhere between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if the judge still needs to 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 have a discharge date, you should expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Westmoreland County Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give information about each visitor to the Westmoreland County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be put in a log of visitors for the inmate. Each and every visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Westmoreland County Jail are always changing, so call the official Westmoreland County Jail at (804) 333-6419 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Westmoreland County Jail you must first be added to their approved visitation list.

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

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

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 old and is not related to 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 magazines to an inmate at the Westmoreland County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check the court records on the website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Westmoreland County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file containing a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the case. You can access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal convictions from other states. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Westmoreland County Jail inmates change frequently, so be sure to visit the Westmoreland County Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (804) 333-6419 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 Westmoreland County Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind 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 inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Westmoreland County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely.

The Westmoreland County Jail phone number is: (804) 333-6419

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Westmoreland County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not 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 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 Westmoreland County Jail, click the link below.

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