Ansted Police Jail

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The Ansted Police Jail is located at 104 Cemetery Street in Ansted, WV and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Ansted Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything a person needs to know about the Ansted Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Fayette County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the advice and information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Ansted Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Ansted Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to get the same information about anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can get the information fast if you enter their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Ansted Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Ansted Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you will have to answer a number of questions, like what is your full legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day long. So, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get released. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether or not you have a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to figure out the bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Ansted Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Ansted Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered into a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor is required to provide identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Ansted Police Jail change often, so call the jail at 304-658-4666 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Ansted Police Jail you must have your name on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Ansted Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under 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 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 Ansted Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Ansted 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 Ansted 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 Ansted 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access court records on the website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Fayette County jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access court records on the internet, or at the Fayette County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to the Fayette County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Ansted Police Jail inmates could change, so it would be best to visit the Ansted Police Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Ansted 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 Ansted Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 304-658-4666 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 Ansted Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary daily, 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 commissary 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

The only phone calls that Ansted Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 304-658-4666

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Ansted Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, 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 Ansted Police Jail, click the link below.

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