Norris Police Jail

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The Norris Police Jail is located at 100 East Jamison Street in Norris, SC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Norris Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Norris Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give advice and information you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and any comments or tips that might help others is much appreciated.

Norris Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Norris Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find the same information for anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate their arrest information faster if you have their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Norris Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Norris Police Jail includes these steps:

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

First, you will answer a number of questions, like your full legal name, address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

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

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, if not you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process will take anywhere between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you can get out of jail. It also depends on whether you have a bond amount or if the judge still needs to determine your bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, you should plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Norris Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list each visitor’s name to the Norris Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will go in a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so we suggest that you call the facility at 864-639-2033 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Norris Police Jail you must be on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Norris Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Norris Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Norris 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 Norris 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 Norris 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, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry online or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a court docket and any documents and filings filed in the case. You can access court records on their website, or at the Pickens County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

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

A search of someone’s criminal history you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail might change, so it would be best to double check the Norris Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Norris 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 Norris Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 864-639-2033 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 Norris Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Norris Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely.

The Norris Police Jail phone number is: 864-639-2033

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Norris Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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