Timmonsville Police Jail

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The Timmonsville Police Jail is located at 117 East Main Street in Timmonsville, SC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Timmonsville Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything one might want to know about the Timmonsville Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Timmonsville Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you advice and information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Timmonsville Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Timmonsville Police Jail Inmate Locator is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find info for anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to get the information faster if you have their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Timmonsville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full legal name, your address, date of birth and contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process may take from 15 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the discharge date, you should plan to be released that morning.

Timmonsville Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Timmonsville Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in the log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the jail at 843-346-7212 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Timmonsville Police Jail you have to be on this person’s approved visitation list.

Make 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 phones are allowed at Timmonsville Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Timmonsville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Timmonsville 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 Timmonsville 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 Timmonsville 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the website 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 know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Timmonsville Police Jail jail inmates might change, so you should review the Timmonsville Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Timmonsville 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 Timmonsville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 843-346-7212 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 Timmonsville Police Jail 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 get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Timmonsville Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 843-346-7212

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls 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 Timmonsville Police Jail. The prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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