Rowan County Jail

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The Rowan County Jail is located at 115 West Liberty Street in Salisbury, NC and is a medium security county jail operated by the Rowan County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Rowan County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Rowan County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Rowan County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you info that you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Rowan County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Rowan County Jail Inmate Roster has information about people who have been arrested and are in jail, including status, and times you can visit. You can find the same information about anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate the information quicker if you have their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Rowan County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Rowan County Jail includes these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you must answer some questions, such as what is your full name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process takes from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will be released. Also, it might depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on the bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the discharge date, plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Rowan County Jail Visitation

The inmate need to list each visitor’s name to the Rowan County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will go in a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures change often, so call the jail at (704) 216-8770 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Rowan County Jail you have to be added to this person’s 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 without it.

No mobile phones at Rowan County Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the 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 related to the inmate, the minor 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 Rowan County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Rowan 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 Rowan 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 Rowan 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 are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Rowan County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates is likely to change, so you should double check the Rowan County Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Rowan 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 Rowan County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (704) 216-8770 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 Rowan County Jail store. An inmate can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, 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 enough money in their trust 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

All phone calls from the Rowan County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep 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, phone privileges could be reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (704) 216-8770

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 the prices. The money these phone service providers make 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 Rowan County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 is 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we won’t 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 inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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