Mount Hope Police Jail

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The Mount Hope Police Jail is located at 609 Main Street in Mount Hope, WV and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Mount Hope Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything a person needs to know about the Mount Hope Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the advice and information that you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Mount Hope Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mount Hope Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of people who are in jail, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find information on anybody arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got their name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Mount Hope Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Mount Hope Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

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

First, you must answer some questions, like what is your full name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to make a telephone call so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

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

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. It also might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge has to determine the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the date of your release, you should plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Mount Hope Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must provide information about each visitor to the Mount Hope Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be put in a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Mount Hope Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at 304-877-6661 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Mount Hope Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Mount Hope Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Mount Hope Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mount Hope 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 Mount Hope 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 Mount Hope 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 an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the court records online or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed 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.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail are always changing, so you should check the Mount Hope Police Jail website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mount Hope 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 Mount Hope Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 304-877-6661 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 Mount Hope Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Mount Hope Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Mount Hope Police Jail phone number is: 304-877-6661

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Mount Hope Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different 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 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 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 prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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