Yadkin County Jail

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The Yadkin County Jail is located at 210 E Hemlock Street in Yadkinville, NC and is a medium security county jail operated by the Yadkin County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything you might need to know about the Yadkin County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Yadkin County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the advice and information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and any feedback or comments that could help other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Yadkin County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Yadkin County Jail Inmate List has information about people currently in custody, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find info on anyone processed or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information more quickly if you have their full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Yadkin County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Yadkin County Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed 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, like what is your full legal name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will let you make a telephone call so you can call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process takes from 10 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get released. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, you should plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Yadkin County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s full name to the Yadkin County Jail before you can visit. This information will go in a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. Every visitor has to provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Yadkin County Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so call the jail at (336) 679-4217 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Yadkin County Jail you must first have your name on their visitation list.

Be 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.

No cellphones at Yadkin County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they will have to 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Yadkin County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Yadkin 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 Yadkin 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 Yadkin 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 believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry online or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file containing a court docket and any documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These databases are connected and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Yadkin County Jail jail inmates change frequently, so review the Yadkin County Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Yadkin 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 Yadkin County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (336) 679-4217 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 Yadkin County Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as 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 Yadkin County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should 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 calls may be limited or forbidden.

Phone Number: (336) 679-4217

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers 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 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 Yadkin County Jail. The prices 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 figuring out how to decrease 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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