Dobson Police Jail

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The Dobson Police Jail is located at 307 North Main Street in Dobson, NC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Dobson Police Department.

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

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and tips that you’ll need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that might help others is appreciated.

Dobson Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Dobson Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who have been arrested, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find information on anybody processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information more quickly if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Dobson Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you make a telephone call so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process takes between 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the quicker you will be released. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge has to determine how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, you should plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Dobson Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Dobson Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be entered into a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at 336-356-8161 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Dobson Police Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring 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 mobile phones are allowed at Dobson Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 the 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Dobson Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Dobson 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 Dobson 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 Dobson 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, you can check court records on the Surry County court website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear 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 possibly an arrest date, contact the Surry County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that includes a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access court records on the website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive 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 driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates at the Dobson Police Jail is likely to change, so we suggest that you double check the Dobson Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Dobson 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 Dobson Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 336-356-8161 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 Dobson Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep 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 an assortment of different items 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 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 Dobson Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated completely.

The Dobson Police Jail phone number is: 336-356-8161

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the inmate phone calls 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 Dobson Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different 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 learning 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. 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 these cases, the jail 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 Dobson Police Jail, click the link below.

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