Fairmont Police Jail

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The Fairmont Police Jail is located at 500 Quincy Street in Fairmont, WV and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Fairmont Police Department.

This page will tell you information about anything related to the Fairmont Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Fairmont Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give advice and information you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and also any tips or comments that would be a benefit to others would be appreciated.

Fairmont Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fairmont Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people who have been arrested, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can get information on anybody arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get the information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Fairmont Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Fairmont Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you will have to answer a number of questions, such as your full legal name, address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to make a phone call to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process may take from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will be released. How quickly you get discharged might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Fairmont Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Fairmont Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will go in a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Fairmont Police Jail change often, so make sure that you call the jail at 304-366-4200 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Fairmont Police Jail you have to first have your name on their visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones are allowed at Fairmont Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone 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 going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 Fairmont Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fairmont 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 Fairmont 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 Fairmont 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, you can check the arrest warrants online or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Marion County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the Marion County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to the Marion County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Fairmont Police Jail inmates could change, so you should check the Fairmont Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fairmont 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 Fairmont Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 304-366-4200 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 Fairmont Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products like 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 Fairmont Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls might get reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 304-366-4200

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services 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 Fairmont Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 these cases, the jail 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 Fairmont Police Jail, click the link below.

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