Greenwood County Detention Center

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The Greenwood County Detention Center is located at 528 Edgefield Avenue in Greenwood, SC and is a medium security county jail operated by the Greenwood County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Greenwood County Detention Center, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Greenwood County court records, and more.

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9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Greenwood County Detention Center
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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give info that you’ll need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and any feedback or comments that could help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Greenwood County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Greenwood County Detention Center Inmate List is an online list of people who have been arrested, including current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find the same information for anyone booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get the information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Greenwood County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Greenwood County Detention Center is made up of each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You must answer a number of questions, like what is your full name, street address, birthdate and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can post bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. It also might depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate has to determine how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a release date, plan to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Greenwood County Detention Center Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Greenwood County Detention Center in advance of any visit. This information will be entered into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Each visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Greenwood County Detention Center can change, so call the facility at (864) 942-8600 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Greenwood County Detention Center you must first be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Greenwood County Detention Center, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not normally 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, 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 magazines to an inmate at the Greenwood County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Greenwood County Detention Center 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 Greenwood County Detention Center. 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 Greenwood County Detention Center 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 court records online or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Greenwood County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in your case. You can access court records via the internet, or at the Greenwood County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of someone’s criminal background. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to the Greenwood County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Greenwood County Detention Center is likely to change, so you should review the Greenwood County Detention Center site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Greenwood County Detention Center

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 Greenwood County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (864) 942-8600 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 Greenwood County Detention Center store. You can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want 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 the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

The only phone calls that Greenwood County Detention Center inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted 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 break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: (864) 942-8600

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all of the 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 Greenwood County Detention Center. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Greenwood County Detention Center, click the link below.

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