Alderson Police Jail

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The Alderson Police Jail is located at 202 South Monroe Street in Alderson, WV and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Alderson Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Alderson Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information and tips that you’ll need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or tips that might be a benefit to others is much appreciated.

Alderson Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Alderson Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of people currently in custody, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find info for anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get the information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Alderson Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Alderson Police Jail is made up of each of these 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 step is that you will answer a bunch of questions, such as your full name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Alderson Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Alderson Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will go into a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures change often, so you should call the facility at 304-445-2916 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Alderson Police Jail you must have your name on their approved visitation list.

Make 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 Alderson Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 old 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 magazines to an inmate at the Alderson Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Alderson 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 Alderson 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 Alderson 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 the arrest warrants on the Monroe County jail website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Monroe County jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file containing a court docket and all documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to the Monroe County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail could change, so you should check the Alderson Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Alderson 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 Alderson Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 304-445-2916 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 Alderson Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their commissary 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

All phone calls from the Alderson Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Alderson Police Jail phone number is: 304-445-2916

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the 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 Alderson Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 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 significantly on calling your inmate. In some cases, we will not 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 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 Alderson Police Jail, click the link below.

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