Buckhannon Police Jail

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The Buckhannon Police Jail is located at 70 East Main Street in Buckhannon, WV and is a medium security police department jail operated by the City Of Buckhannon Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Buckhannon Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Buckhannon Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and advice that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and also any tips or comments that could be a benefit to others would be appreciated.

Buckhannon Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Buckhannon Police Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who have been arrested, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find information about anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information quicker if you’ve got their full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Buckhannon Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Buckhannon Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

You will answer some simple questions, like your legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call in order to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process can take anywhere between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the faster you can get released from jail. It also depends on whether or not you have a bond amount or if a judge needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, you should plan to be released that morning.

Buckhannon Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s name to the Buckhannon Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so call the facility at 304-472-5723 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Buckhannon Police Jail you have to first be added to this person’s visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Buckhannon Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on 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 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 related to the inmate, this 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 Buckhannon Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Buckhannon 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 Buckhannon 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 Buckhannon 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Upshur County court website or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Upshur County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Buckhannon Police Jail jail inmates change frequently, so visit the Buckhannon Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Buckhannon 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 Buckhannon Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 304-472-5723 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 Buckhannon Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products including 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

All phone calls from the Buckhannon Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 304-472-5723

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 Buckhannon Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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