Santee Police Jail

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The Santee Police Jail is located at 121 Dazzy Circle in Santee, SC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Santee Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything you might need to know about the Santee Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Santee Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Orangeburg County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the info that you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Santee Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Santee Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, including custody status, and times you can visit. You can get info for anybody booked or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Santee Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Santee Police Jail includes each of these steps:

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

The first step is that you will answer some basic questions, like your full legal name, address, date of birth and contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call in order to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process can take anywhere from 10 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, it depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Santee Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Santee Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the visitation log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so you should call the official Santee Police Jail at 803-854-2438 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Santee Police Jail you have to be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Santee Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Santee Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Santee 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 Santee 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 Santee 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Orangeburg County court 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, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Orangeburg County jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file containing a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records on the website, or at the Orangeburg County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Orangeburg County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug crimes, 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 procedure to send money to inmates at the Santee Police Jail can change at any time, so be sure to check the Santee Police Jail website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Santee 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 Santee Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 803-854-2438 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 Santee Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Santee Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or totally denied.

Phone Number: 803-854-2438

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Santee Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 calling your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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