Oriental Police Jail

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The Oriental Police Jail is located at 509 Church Street in Oriental, NC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Oriental Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Oriental Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Oriental Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and advice you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Oriental Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Oriental Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to get the same information on anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information faster if you have the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Oriental Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will answer a number of questions, like what is your full name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to make a telephone call so you can call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process can take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. So, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, you should plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Oriental Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s full name to the Oriental Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will go into the visitation log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so call the official Oriental Police Jail at 252-249-0369 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Oriental Police Jail you have to be on this person’s visitation list.

Be 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 cellphones are allowed at Oriental Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 the 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 Oriental Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Oriental 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 Oriental 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 Oriental 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 check the arrest warrants on the Pamlico County court website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Pamlico County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket and any documents filed in the case. You can access the court records online, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Oriental Police Jail inmates might change, so it would be best to double check the Oriental Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Oriental 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 Oriental Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 252-249-0369 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 Oriental Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use 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 the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Oriental Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 252-249-0369

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Oriental Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 finding out 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 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 will not 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 so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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