Beckley Police Jail

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The Beckley Police Jail is located at 340 West Prince Street in Beckley, WV and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Beckley Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about everything a person needs to know about the Beckley Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Beckley Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information and advice that you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Beckley Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Beckley Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people currently in custody, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find information for anyone booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information fast if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Beckley Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Beckley Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you have to answer some simple questions, such as your full name, address, birth date and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone so you can call family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. This process can take from 10 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. It also will depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, expect to be discharged in the morning.

Beckley Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Beckley Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be entered in a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

The Beckley Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the jail at 304-256-1708 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Beckley Police Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Beckley Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be 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 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 Beckley Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Beckley 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 Beckley 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 Beckley 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the Raleigh County court website or you are able to 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 one of the officers. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee 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 any crimes, which can include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail is likely to change, so you should double check the Beckley Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Beckley 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 Beckley Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 304-256-1708 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 Beckley Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Beckley Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about 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, your ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden.

Phone Number: 304-256-1708

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Beckley Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not 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 or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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