Abbeville Police Jail

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The Abbeville Police Jail is located at 102 South Main Street in Abbeville, SC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Abbeville Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Abbeville Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Abbeville Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give info you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that might be a benefit to others will be much appreciated.

Abbeville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Abbeville Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about people who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and visiting schedule. You can also get information about anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to locate the information more quickly if you have their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Abbeville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Abbeville Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

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

The first step is that you will answer some basic questions, such as what is your full name, address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you use the phone so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere from 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. It also will depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the date of your release, expect to be discharged in the morning.

Abbeville Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Abbeville Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in the visitors log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so make sure that you call the official Abbeville Police Jail at 864-366-5832 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Abbeville Police Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s approved 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 are allowed at Abbeville Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Abbeville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Abbeville 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 Abbeville 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 Abbeville 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 can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Abbeville County court website or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file containing a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access the court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. Go to the Abbeville County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Abbeville Police Jail change frequently, so visit the Abbeville Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Abbeville 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 Abbeville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 864-366-5832 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 Abbeville Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep 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 inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 Abbeville Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls might get reduced or totally denied.

The Abbeville Police Jail phone number is: 864-366-5832

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, 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 Abbeville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different 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 lower 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility 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 Abbeville Police Jail, click the link below.

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