Great Falls Police Jail

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The Great Falls Police Jail is located at 324 Dearborn Street in Great Falls, SC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Great Falls Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything one might want to know about the Great Falls Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Great Falls Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Chester County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and please leave any comments or tips that might help other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Great Falls Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Great Falls Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about people currently in custody, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. You can also get information for anyone processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their arrest information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Great Falls Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Great Falls Police Jail is made up of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You have to answer some basic questions, like what is your legal name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will get to make a phone call so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process can take between 30 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a magistrate has to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, you should expect to get released that morning.

Great Falls Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list information about each visitor to the Great Falls Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be put into the log as an Authorized visit. All visitors is required to provide identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so you should call the jail at 803-482-2145 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Great Falls Police Jail you must first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Great Falls Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 a family member of 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Great Falls Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Great Falls 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 Great Falls 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 Great Falls 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 for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Chester County jail website or call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Chester County jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file containing a docket sheet and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You can access your court records online, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from another state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Great Falls Police Jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you double check the Great Falls Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Great Falls 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 Great Falls Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 803-482-2145 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 Great Falls Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably 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 sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Great Falls Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 803-482-2145

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Great Falls 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 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 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases 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 Great Falls Police Jail, click the link below.

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