Allendale Police Jail

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The Allendale Police Jail is located at 217 Flat Street in Allendale, SC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Allendale Police Department.

This guide tells you info about anything related to the Allendale Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Allendale County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer advice and information that you’ll need to make the process less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Allendale Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Allendale Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info for anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can get their inmate information more quickly if you enter their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Allendale Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Allendale Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your legal name, your address, birthdate and contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to make a phone call in order to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process may take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. Also, it will depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a discharge date, you should expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Allendale Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to give each visitor’s full name to the Allendale Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will go into a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Allendale Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so it would be wise to call the facility at 803-584-2178 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Allendale Police Jail you must first be on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Allendale Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation 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 under the age of 18 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Allendale Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Allendale 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 Allendale 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 Allendale 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 access court records on the Allendale County jail website or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken 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 check online. An arrest is public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket and any documents filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of someone’s criminal background. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Allendale County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Allendale Police Jail jail inmates could change, so be sure to check the Allendale Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Allendale 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 Allendale Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 803-584-2178 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 Allendale Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely 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 items that inmates can purchase if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Allendale Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are typically more costly 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 that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden.

The Allendale Police Jail phone number is: 803-584-2178

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Allendale Police 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 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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