Greenville Police Jail

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The Greenville Police Jail is located at 4 Mcgee Street in Greenville, SC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Greenville Police Department.

This site will tell you info about anything you might need to know about the Greenville Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Greenville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information that you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that would help other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Greenville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Greenville Police Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. You can get information on anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their inmate information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Greenville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Greenville Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you must answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process can take anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you have a bond amount or if the judge must figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, expect to be released in the morning.

Greenville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide each visitor’s full name to the Greenville Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered in a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Each visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Greenville Police Jail can change, so you should call the facility at 864-271-5333 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Greenville Police Jail you have to be added to 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 phones are allowed at Greenville Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Greenville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Greenville 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 Greenville 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 Greenville 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 think you might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check court records on the Greenville County court website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. 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 possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that includes a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records online, or at the Greenville County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Greenville Police Jail might change, so we suggest that you visit the Greenville Police Jail site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Greenville 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 Greenville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 864-271-5333 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 Greenville Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want 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 products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These items 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

The only phone calls that Greenville Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 864-271-5333

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from 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 Greenville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their inmate 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 Greenville Police Jail, click the link below.

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