Forest City Police Jail

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The Forest City Police Jail is located at 187 South Church Street in Forest City, NC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the City Of Forest City Police Department.

This guide tells you info about anything a person needs to know about the Forest City Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Forest City Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you information and advice you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation is welcome.

Forest City Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Forest City Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals who have been arrested, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find the same information for anybody arrested and processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate their arrest information quicker if you enter their name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Forest City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Forest City Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you make a phone call so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes from 15 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you can post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. It also depends on whether you have a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a release date, you should expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Forest City Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the Forest City Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor has to provide identification. Anyone arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Forest City Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the official Forest City Police Jail at 828-245-5555 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Forest City Police Jail you have to be on their 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 are allowed at Forest City Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Forest City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Forest City Police 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 Forest City Police 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 Forest City Police 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 might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file containing a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail is likely to change, so we suggest that you double check the Forest City Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Forest City Police 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 Forest City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 828-245-5555 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 Forest City Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their trust 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Forest City Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 828-245-5555

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits 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 Forest City Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 calling 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 circumstances where 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 cases like this, the jail or prison 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 Forest City Police Jail, click the link below.

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