York County Prison

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The York County Prison is located at 750 Justice Boulevard in York, SC and is a medium security county jail operated by the York County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you information about anything you might want to know about the York County Prison, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the York County Prison, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find York County court records, and everything else.

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6. How To Save Money on Inmate Calls at York County Prison
7. How to Send Inmate Care Packages to York County Prison
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at York County Prison
10. How to Search York County Arrest Records

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information that you’ll need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that could help others will be welcome.

York County Prison Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The York County Prison Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find information about anybody who has been arrested or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can get their arrest information quicker if you’ve got their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

York County Prison Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the York County Prison takes you through the following steps:

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

You will answer some simple questions, like your full name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to use the phone so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged will take anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the date of your release, expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

York County Prison Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list information about each visitor to the York County Prison before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go in a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. All visitors is required to provide proof of identification. Visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures change often, so we suggest that you call the facility at (803) 628-3052 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the York County Prison you have to first be added to the inmate’s 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 without it.

No phones are allowed at York County Prison, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the York County Prison. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the York County Prison 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 York County Prison. 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 York County Prison 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 an outstanding warrant, you can access arrest warrants online or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. 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 know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the York County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to York County Prison jail inmates change frequently, so we suggest that you visit the York County Prison site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at York County Prison

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 York County Prison uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (803) 628-3052 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 York County Prison store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from 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 sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products 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 York County Prison inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are generally more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: (803) 628-3052

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 they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 York County Prison. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to lower 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. There are some circumstances where 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 these cases, 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 York County Prison, click the link below.

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