Chapel Hill Police Jail

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The Chapel Hill Police Jail is located at 828 Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard in Chapel Hill, NC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Chapel Hill Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything you might want to know about the Chapel Hill Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Chapel Hill Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Orange County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you advice and information you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that could help other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Chapel Hill Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Chapel Hill Police Jail Inmate Search is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get information on anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate their arrest information faster if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Chapel Hill Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Chapel Hill Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you will have to answer some questions, like your full name, address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to make a phone call so you can talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged will take anywhere from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, it might depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate must figure out how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the date of your release, you should plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Chapel Hill Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give each visitor’s name to the Chapel Hill Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered in a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

The Chapel Hill Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so you should call the facility at 919-968-2760 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Chapel Hill Police Jail you must be on the inmate’s 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 are allowed at Chapel Hill Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Chapel Hill Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Chapel Hill 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 Chapel Hill 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 Chapel Hill 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants online or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding 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 possibly an arrest date, contact the Orange County jail, by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that includes a docket and all filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Orange County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail might change, so you should review the Chapel Hill Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Chapel Hill 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 Chapel Hill Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 919-968-2760 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 Chapel Hill Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their commissary 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 Chapel Hill Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are much more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Chapel Hill Police Jail phone number is: 919-968-2760

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts 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 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 Chapel Hill Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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 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 facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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