New Ellenton Police Jail

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The New Ellenton Police Jail is located at 200 Main Street in New Ellenton, SC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the New Ellenton Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about anything related to the New Ellenton Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and tips that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

New Ellenton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The New Ellenton Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get information for anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information fast if you’ve got their name, birth date, or inmate ID.

New Ellenton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the New Ellenton Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you must answer some basic questions, like your full legal name, street address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to use the phone to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, they will let you skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the faster you can get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if the magistrate has to determine the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, plan to get released in the morning.

New Ellenton Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give information about each visitor to the New Ellenton Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors is required to provide proof of identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The New Ellenton Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so you should call the official New Ellenton Police Jail at 803-652-7770 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the New Ellenton Police Jail you have to be added to their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at New Ellenton Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 New Ellenton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the New Ellenton 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 New Ellenton 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 New Ellenton 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should be clear 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 name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Aiken County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. Go to the Aiken County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to New Ellenton Police Jail inmates might change, so you should review the New Ellenton Police Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at New Ellenton 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 New Ellenton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 803-652-7770 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 New Ellenton Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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 personal 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 New Ellenton Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 803-652-7770

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 how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 New Ellenton Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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