Wicomico County Corrections

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The Wicomico County Corrections is located at 411 Naylor Mill Road in Salisbury, MD and is a medium security county jail operated by the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Wicomico County Corrections, like how to find an inmate at the Wicomico County Corrections, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information that you’ll need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to others will be much appreciated.

Wicomico County Corrections Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Wicomico County Corrections Inmate Search is a list of people who are in jail, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to get information about anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find their inmate information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Wicomico County Corrections Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Wicomico County Corrections includes the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You must answer a number of questions, such as your full legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, they will let you wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process may take anywhere from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must decide on the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Wicomico County Corrections Visitation

Inmates have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Wicomico County Corrections in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be entered into a log of visitors as an authorized visitor. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Wicomico County Corrections visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the facility at (410) 548-4850 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Wicomico County Corrections you must be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Wicomico County Corrections, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 under the age of 18 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Wicomico County Corrections. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Wicomico County Corrections 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 Wicomico County Corrections. 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 Wicomico County Corrections 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 an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Wicomico County court website or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file that contains a court docket and all documents and filings filed in the case. You can access court records on the internet, or at the Wicomico County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Wicomico County Corrections change frequently, so check the Wicomico County Corrections website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Wicomico County Corrections

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 Wicomico County Corrections uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (410) 548-4850 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 Wicomico County Corrections store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items 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 Wicomico County Corrections inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are generally pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but you should 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, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden.

The Wicomico County Corrections phone number is: (410) 548-4850

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Wicomico County Corrections. The rates 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county 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 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. 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 inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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