Fountain Inn Police Jail

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The Fountain Inn Police Jail is located at 300 North Main Street in Fountain Inn, SC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Fountain Inn Police Department.

This page tells you info about anything you might need to know about the Fountain Inn Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Fountain Inn Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information and tips that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that might help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Fountain Inn Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fountain Inn Police Jail Inmate List has information about people who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find the same information on anybody arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Fountain Inn Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Fountain Inn Police Jail is made up of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

You must answer some simple questions, like what is your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will be freed. Also, it can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. 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, you should plan to be released in the morning.

Fountain Inn Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to provide each visitor’s name to the Fountain Inn Police Jail in advance. This information will go in the visitors log as an Authorized visit. All visitors will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so call the official Fountain Inn Police Jail at 864-862-4461 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Fountain Inn Police Jail you must first have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Fountain Inn Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody 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 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor 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 Fountain Inn Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fountain Inn 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 Fountain Inn 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 Fountain Inn 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 for your arrest, you can check the court records on the Greenville County court website or call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Greenville County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file containing a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on their website, or at the Greenville County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to 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 completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail change frequently, so be sure to visit the Fountain Inn Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fountain Inn 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 Fountain Inn Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 864-862-4461 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 Fountain Inn Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These items 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Fountain Inn Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden.

The Fountain Inn Police Jail phone number is: 864-862-4461

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers 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 from all 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 Fountain Inn Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to lower 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility 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 Fountain Inn Police Jail, click the link below.

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