Dunbar Police Jail

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The Dunbar Police Jail is located at 210 12Th Street in Dunbar, WV and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Dunbar Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Dunbar Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Dunbar Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you info that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that might help others would be appreciated.

Dunbar Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Dunbar Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who are in jail, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find information for anybody processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find the information more quickly if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Dunbar Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Dunbar Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

You have to answer some questions, such as your full legal name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get 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 might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged may take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day. So, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, you should expect to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Dunbar Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Dunbar Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will go in the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 304-766-0204 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Dunbar Police Jail you must first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Dunbar Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 a 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Dunbar Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Dunbar 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 Dunbar 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 Dunbar 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 might have an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the 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 the officer in charge. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file that includes a docket and all filings and documents filed in your case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Dunbar Police Jail can change at any time, so it would be best to check the Dunbar Police Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Dunbar 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 Dunbar Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 304-766-0204 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 Dunbar Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, 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 sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Dunbar Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 304-766-0204

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 the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Dunbar 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 state prisons and local jails finding out 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 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. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility 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 Dunbar Police Jail, click the link below.

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