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Gaston Police Jail Information

Address

Gaston Police Jail
223 Craige Street
Gaston, NC 27832-9777

Phone Number

Phone: 252-537-1046

The Gaston Police Jail is located at 223 Craige Street in Gaston, NC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Gaston Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Gaston Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and everything else.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give info that you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and any tips or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Gaston Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend in jail and want to locate them? Do you know someone that’s been arrested and you want to find out what jail they’re in?

In order to look up who’s in jail at the Gaston Police Jail you need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Gaston Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. You can also get info for anybody who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate the information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Gaston Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Gaston Police Jail takes you through these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will have to answer a number of questions, such as your legal name, home address, birth date and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

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

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged will take from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get released. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to get discharged in the morning.

Gaston Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Gaston Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Gaston Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so call the jail at 252-537-1046 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Gaston Police Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Gaston Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be 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 the 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Gaston Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Gaston 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.

Mailing Address

If you would like to send a letter to an inmate at Gaston Police Jail, use this address:

Gaston Police Jail
223 Craige Street
Gaston, NC 27832-9777

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Gaston Police Jail
223 Craige Street
Gaston, NC 27832-9777

The Gaston Police Jail mail policy is always changing, so we suggest that you check the official website when send a letter to someone in jail there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Gaston 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 Gaston 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 for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the Northampton County court website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Northampton County jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that contains a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court 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 so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. Go to the Northampton County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Gaston Police Jail might change, so be sure to review the Gaston Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Gaston 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 Gaston Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 252-537-1046 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 inmateâ€™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 Gaston Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like 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 a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Gaston Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 252-537-1046

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each 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 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 Gaston 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 how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 figuring out how to decrease 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore 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 Gaston Police Jail, click the link below.

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