Oconee County Jail

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The Oconee County Jail is located at 300 South Church Street in Walhalla, SC and is a medium security county jail operated by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about anything related to the Oconee County Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Oconee County court records, and lots more.

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6. How To Save Money on Inmate Calls at Oconee County Jail
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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Oconee County Jail
10. How to Search Oconee County Arrest Records

Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information that you’ll need to make the process a lot easier. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that might help other people in the same situation is welcome.

Oconee County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Oconee County Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting hours. You can get info for anybody who has been arrested or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their arrest information fast if you have your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Oconee County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Oconee County Jail includes the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you will have to answer some simple questions, such as your full name, home address, birth date and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a phone call 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 will be allowed to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process can take between 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, it might depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to decide on the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Oconee County Jail Visitation

The inmate must give each visitor’s full name to the Oconee County Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will go into a log of visitors for the inmate. Every visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

The Oconee County Jail visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the official Oconee County Jail at (864) 638-4108 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Oconee County Jail you must first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Make 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 cellphones at Oconee County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Oconee County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Oconee 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 Oconee 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 Oconee 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the 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 the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Oconee County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that includes a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for crimes, which include, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Oconee County Jail could change, so we suggest that you review the Oconee County Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Oconee 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 Oconee County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (864) 638-4108 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 Oconee County Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need 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 purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Oconee County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must 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, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (864) 638-4108

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from 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 Oconee County Jail. The rates 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 finding out how to lower 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails 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 these cases, the jail or prison 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 Oconee County Jail, click the link below.

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