Altavista Police Jail

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The Altavista Police Jail is located at 510 7Th Street in Altavista, VA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Altavista Police Department.

This guide tells you info about anything you might need to know about the Altavista Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information and tips that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Altavista Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Altavista Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who are in jail, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info on anyone arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their arrest information fast if you enter their name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Altavista Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Altavista Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, date of birth and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process will take between 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to be released in the morning.

Altavista Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s full name to the Altavista Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will go in the visitation log as an Authorized visit. All visitors must provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies can change, so you should call the jail at 434-369-7425 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

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

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

No cellphones at Altavista Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they must 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, this 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 Altavista Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Altavista 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 Altavista 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 Altavista 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file containing a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access court records on their website, or at the Campbell County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from other states. Go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Altavista Police Jail are always changing, so it would be best to check the Altavista Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Altavista 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 Altavista Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 434-369-7425 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 Altavista Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy 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

All phone calls from the Altavista Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to 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 are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or totally denied.

The Altavista Police Jail phone number is: 434-369-7425

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all of the 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 Altavista Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where 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 facility 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 Altavista Police Jail, click the link below.

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