Spruce Pine Police Jail

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The Spruce Pine Police Jail is located at 138 Highland Avenue in Spruce Pine, NC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Spruce Pine Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Spruce Pine Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Spruce Pine Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Mitchell County court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer advice and information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to others will be welcome.

Spruce Pine Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Spruce Pine Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who are in jail, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find information about anyone arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Spruce Pine Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Spruce Pine Police Jail is made up of each 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.

First, you will have to answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, street address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you use the phone to talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate has to determine the amount of bail to be set. 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 date of your release, you should expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Spruce Pine Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Spruce Pine Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will go into a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Spruce Pine Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the facility at 828-765-2233 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Spruce Pine Police Jail you must have your name on their visitation list.

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

No phones at Spruce Pine Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 and is not related to 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 magazines to an inmate at the Spruce Pine Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Spruce Pine 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 Spruce Pine 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 Spruce Pine 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check court records online or you can call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Mitchell County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records online, or at the Mitchell County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to the Mitchell County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Spruce Pine Police Jail are always changing, so you should visit the Spruce Pine Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Spruce Pine 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 Spruce Pine Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 828-765-2233 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 Spruce Pine Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want 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 inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products 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

All phone calls from the Spruce Pine Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear 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, phone privileges may be limited or forbidden.

Phone Number: 828-765-2233

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of 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 Spruce Pine 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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. There are some circumstances where we won’t 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 jail 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 Spruce Pine Police Jail, click the link below.

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