Boones Mill Police Jail

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The Boones Mill Police Jail is located at 120 Easy Street in Boones Mill, VA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Boones Mill Police Department.

This page will tell you info about everything one might want to know about the Boones Mill Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and tips you need to make the process easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that would help others would be appreciated.

Boones Mill Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Boones Mill Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals who have been arrested, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get info for anyone arrested and booked or discharged in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate the information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Boones Mill Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Boones Mill Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

They’ll put you 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 bunch of questions, like your full name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

They will allow you to use the telephone in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged takes from 30 minutes to all day. So, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will be freed. Also, it can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a judge has to decide on the bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, you should plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Boones Mill Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Boones Mill Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will go into the visitors log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the jail at 540-334-5404 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Boones Mill Police Jail you must have your name 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 Boones Mill Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Boones Mill Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Boones Mill 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 Boones Mill 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 Boones Mill 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant, you can check the court records on the website or call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Franklin County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to the Franklin County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you can 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 offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Boones Mill Police Jail is likely to change, so it would be best to double check the Boones Mill Police Jail site before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Boones Mill 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 Boones Mill Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 540-334-5404 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 Boones Mill Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products such as 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 Boones Mill Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Boones Mill Police Jail phone number is: 540-334-5404

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the 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 Boones Mill Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where 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 rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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