Wingate Police Jail

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The Wingate Police Jail is located at 4414 United States Highway 74 East in Wingate, NC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Wingate Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Wingate Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Wingate Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to offer information that you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that might help others would be much appreciated.

Wingate Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Wingate Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals currently in custody, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you are able to find info on anybody processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can find their inmate information quicker if you enter their name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Wingate Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, your address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged may take between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must determine how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the date of your release, you should plan to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Wingate Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Wingate Police Jail in advance. This information will be entered in a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. All visitors will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies can change, so you should call the facility at 704-233-1697 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Wingate Police Jail you have to have your name on their 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.

No cellphones are allowed at Wingate Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Wingate Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Wingate 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 Wingate 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 Wingate 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 have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Union County jail website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

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

A criminal records search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail can change at any time, so you should double check the Wingate Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Wingate 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 Wingate Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 704-233-1697 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 Wingate Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as 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 the inmate can purchase if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Wingate Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges might get cut back or totally denied.

Phone Number: 704-233-1697

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the inmate phone calls 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 Wingate 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 is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 cases like this, the jail or prison 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 Wingate Police Jail, click the link below.

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