Sullivans Island Police Jail

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The Sullivans Island Police Jail is located at 1608 Middle Street in Sullivans Island, SC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Sullivans Island Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything you might want to know about the Sullivans Island Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Sullivans Island Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give advice and information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that would help others will be welcome.

Sullivans Island Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sullivans Island Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get information for anyone booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information fast if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Sullivans Island Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Sullivans Island Police Jail includes the following steps:

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

The first step is that you will have to answer a number of questions, such as your full legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to make a phone call to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take between 10 minutes to many hours. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate must decide on your bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the release date, plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Sullivans Island Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Sullivans Island Police Jail in advance. This information will be put into a Visiting log for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor must provide identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The Sullivans Island Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the official Sullivans Island Police Jail at 843-883-3198 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Sullivans Island Police Jail you must first be on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Sullivans Island Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 the 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 magazines to an inmate at the Sullivans Island Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sullivans Island 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 Sullivans Island 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 Sullivans Island 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 are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Charleston County jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file that contains a docket and all of the documents and filings 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 clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories 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, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can 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 theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Sullivans Island Police Jail change frequently, so check the Sullivans Island Police Jail website when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sullivans Island 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 Sullivans Island Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 843-883-3198 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 Sullivans Island Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Sullivans Island Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are a lot more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or totally denied.

The Sullivans Island Police Jail phone number is: 843-883-3198

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Sullivans Island Police 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 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 finding out 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 inmate phone calls. 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 inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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