Granville County Jail

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The Granville County Jail is located at 143 Williamsboro Street in Oxford, NC and is a medium security county jail operated by the Granville County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you information about anything related to the Granville County Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Granville County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and tips you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that might help other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Granville County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Granville County Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get the same information about anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Granville County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Granville County Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

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

First you must answer some questions, like what is your legal name, street address, birthdate and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will be allowed to make a phone call so you can contact 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 keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. This process will take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. It also will depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, expect to get released in the morning.

Granville County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name to the Granville County Jail in advance of the visit. This information will be put in a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

The Granville County Jail visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the jail at (919) 693-3717 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Granville County Jail you have to have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Granville County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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, 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Granville County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Granville 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.

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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 Granville 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 Granville 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to 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. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Granville County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records on the website, or at the Granville County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to the Granville County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes like 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 rules for sending funds to someone in jail might change, so it would be best to double check the Granville County Jail website when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Granville 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 Granville County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (919) 693-3717 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 Granville County Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like 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 an assortment of different items 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 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

The only phone calls that Granville County Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are typically more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions 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 every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges might get cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (919) 693-3717

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 get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Granville County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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. There are some circumstances 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 cases like this, the facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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