Coward Police Jail

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The Coward Police Jail is located at 3720 United States Highway 52 in Coward, SC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Coward Police Department.

This site tells you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Coward Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Coward Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and tips you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others would be welcome.

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Who’s In Jail

The Coward Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who are in jail, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find info about anybody who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their arrest information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Coward Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Coward Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some simple questions, such as your legal name, 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 ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to make a telephone call 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 will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. The discharge process can take from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you can get released from jail. It also depends on if you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, you should expect to get released that morning.

Coward Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list information about each visitor to the Coward Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of visitors for the inmate. Each visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Coward Police Jail change often, so we suggest that you call the official Coward Police Jail at 843-389-2585 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Coward Police Jail you have to first have your name on their approved visitation list.

Make 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 without it.

No phones are allowed at Coward Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually 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 related to 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Coward Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Coward 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 Coward 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 Coward 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 access arrest warrants inquiry online or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file containing a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates is likely to change, so we suggest that you check the Coward Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Coward 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 Coward Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 843-389-2585 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 Coward Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely 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 inmates can buy if they have money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Coward Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are much more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the jail rules, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or totally denied.

The Coward Police Jail phone number is: 843-389-2585

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate the phone services 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 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 Coward Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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