Cheraw Police Jail

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The Cheraw Police Jail is located at 258 2Nd Street in Cheraw, SC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Cheraw Police Department.

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

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Cheraw Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Cheraw Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get information for anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their arrest information more quickly if you have their name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Cheraw Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you have to answer some basic questions, like your full legal name, your address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone so you can 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 able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process may take from 30 minutes to all day long. So, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get discharged. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if a magistrate has to figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to be discharged in the morning.

Cheraw Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide information about each visitor to the Cheraw Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be put in a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor will have to provide identification. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Cheraw Police Jail change often, so make sure that you call the jail at 843-537-7868 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Cheraw 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 with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Cheraw Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 Cheraw Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Cheraw 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 Cheraw 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 Cheraw 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry online or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the Chesterfield County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to people in jail can change at any time, so it would be best to visit the Cheraw Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Cheraw 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 Cheraw Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 843-537-7868 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 Cheraw Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products 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, in addition to 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

The only phone calls that Cheraw Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted 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 you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 843-537-7868

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, 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 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 Cheraw Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not 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 facility has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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