Main Menu

Inmate Search Arrest Records Inmate Phone Calls Commissary Send Money to Inmate Visitation Court Records Criminal Records Warrant Search

Calhoun County Jail Information

Address

Calhoun County Jail
120 Mill Street Street
Matthews, SC 29135

Phone Number

Phone: (803) 874-2741

The Calhoun County Jail is located at 120 Mill Street Street in Matthews, SC and is a medium security county jail operated by the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Calhoun County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Calhoun County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the info that you need to make going to jail easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Calhoun County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member, loved one, or friend that is locked up and need to locate them? Do you know someone that’s been arrested and you need to find them?

In order to search who is in jail at the Calhoun County Jail you have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

First Name

Last Name

State

Who’s In Jail

The Calhoun County Jail Inmate List is an online list of people who have been arrested, including current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to get information about anybody who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their inmate information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Calhoun County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Calhoun County Jail is made up of these steps:

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

The first step is that you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to make a telephone call to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged will take between 15 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. It also can depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the magistrate has to determine your bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Calhoun County Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list information about each visitor to the Calhoun County Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be able to attend visitation.

The Calhoun County Jail visitation procedures can change, so you should call the official Calhoun County Jail at (803) 874-2741 before you go to the jail to visit.

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 an inmate at the Calhoun County Jail you have to be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Calhoun County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be 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 younger than 18 years old 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Calhoun County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Calhoun County 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

Use this address when sending a letter to an inmate at Calhoun County Jail:

Calhoun County Jail
120 Mill Street Street
Matthews, SC 29135

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Calhoun County Jail
120 Mill Street Street
Matthews, SC 29135

The inmate mail policy at the Calhoun County Jail changes often, so we suggest that you review the the Calhoun County Jail website before you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Calhoun County 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 Calhoun County 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 might have an outstanding warrant, you can check court records on the Calhoun County jail website or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Bear 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 a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records via the internet, or at the Calhoun County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail are always changing, so be sure to visit the Calhoun County Jail site when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Calhoun County 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 Calhoun County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (803) 874-2741 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 Calhoun County Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Calhoun County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or cut altogether.

The Calhoun County Jail phone number is: (803) 874-2741

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 off of all of the 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 Calhoun County 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 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 figuring out 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 calling 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. There are some prisons or jails where 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 these cases, the jail or prison 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 Calhoun County Jail, click the link below.

Return To Main Menu

1753