Somerset County Detention Center

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The Somerset County Detention Center is located at 30474 Revells Neck Road in Westover, MD and is a medium security county jail operated by the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything you might want to know about the Somerset County Detention Center, such as how to locate an inmate at the Somerset County Detention Center, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and tips you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and also any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Somerset County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Somerset County Detention Center Inmate Roster has information about people currently in custody, including current status, and visiting schedule. You can find info on anyone booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Somerset County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Somerset County Detention Center is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some simple questions, such as what is your full legal name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to make a telephone call so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail can take from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge still needs to determine the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Somerset County Detention Center Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Somerset County Detention Center before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will go into a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Somerset County Detention Center are always changing, so you should call the official Somerset County Detention Center at (410) 651-9223 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Somerset County Detention Center you must first be on their visitation list.

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

No phones at Somerset County Detention Center, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Somerset County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Somerset 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 Somerset 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 Somerset 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 check the court records on the website 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 the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, 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 Somerset County jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file containing a court docket and all filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete 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 these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail at the Somerset County Detention Center is likely to change, so be sure to review the Somerset County Detention Center website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Somerset 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 Somerset County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (410) 651-9223 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 Somerset County Detention Center store. You can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These items 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

The only phone calls that Somerset 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 much more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (410) 651-9223

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all 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 Somerset County Detention Center. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility 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 Somerset County Detention Center, click the link below.

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