Fredericksburg Police Jail

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The Fredericksburg Police Jail is located at 2200 Cowan Boulevard in Fredericksburg, VA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Fredericksburg Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the Fredericksburg Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Fredericksburg Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Fredericksburg City County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you advice and information that you’ll need to make going to jail easier. If you have a question, just ask them, and any comments or tips that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Fredericksburg Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fredericksburg Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get info about anyone processed or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their arrest information faster if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Fredericksburg Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Fredericksburg Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will answer some simple questions, like your full name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you use the telephone so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. This process will take anywhere between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the date of your release, you should expect to get released in the morning.

Fredericksburg Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Fredericksburg Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered into the log as an Authorized visit. All visitors will be required to provide identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies change often, so make sure that you call the facility at 540-373-3122 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Fredericksburg Police Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Fredericksburg Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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, 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 Fredericksburg Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fredericksburg 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 Fredericksburg 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 Fredericksburg 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Fredericksburg City County court website or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Fredericksburg City County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file containing a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail could change, so it would be best to review the Fredericksburg Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fredericksburg 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 Fredericksburg Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 540-373-3122 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 Fredericksburg Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Fredericksburg Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 540-373-3122

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all 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 Fredericksburg Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding 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 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. In some cases, 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 will be able to save you money.

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

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