Charleston Police Jail

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The Charleston Police Jail is located at 126 Worth Street Northeast in Charleston, TN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Charleston Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything related to the Charleston Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Charleston Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Charleston Police Jail
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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that might help other people in the same situation is welcome.

Charleston Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Charleston Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who are in jail, including status, and visiting hours. You can get information about anybody booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find their arrest information fast if you have the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Charleston Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Charleston Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some questions, such as your legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to use the phone in order to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process can take from 10 minutes to all day long. So, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Charleston Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide information about each visitor to the Charleston Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will be put in the visitors log for the inmate. Each visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Charleston Police Jail frequently change, so call the facility at 423-336-1483 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Charleston Police Jail you have to first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Charleston Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If the 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 old 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 magazines to an inmate at the Charleston Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Charleston 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 Charleston 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 Charleston 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 an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Bradley County jail website or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Bradley County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at the Bradley County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to the Bradley County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Charleston Police Jail can change at any time, so check the Charleston Police Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Charleston 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 Charleston Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 423-336-1483 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 Charleston Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Charleston Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 423-336-1483

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Charleston Police Jail. The rates 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 decrease 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 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 therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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