Bethel Police Jail

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The Bethel Police Jail is located at 3819 James Street in Bethel, NC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bethel Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Bethel Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that would be a benefit to others will be much appreciated.

Bethel Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bethel Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and visiting hours. You can find information on anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their arrest information faster if you have your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Bethel Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Bethel Police Jail includes these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

You will have to answer a number of questions, such as your legal name, address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to use the telephone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your 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 faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if the judge needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, expect to get released that morning.

Bethel Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Bethel Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be put in a log of visitors for the inmate. Each visitor has to provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Bethel Police Jail frequently change, so make sure that you call the official Bethel Police Jail at 252-825-5481 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Bethel Police Jail you must first have your name on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Bethel Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 Bethel Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bethel 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 Bethel 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 Bethel 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Pitt County jail website 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. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Pitt County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file that includes a court docket and all documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the Pitt County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are all connected and you can track criminal convictions from another state. Go to the Pitt County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search 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 property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Bethel Police Jail inmates might change, so visit the Bethel Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bethel 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 Bethel Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 252-825-5481 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 Bethel Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase 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 Bethel Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates 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, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 252-825-5481

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls 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 Bethel Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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