Lexington Police Jail

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The Lexington Police Jail is located at 106 North Main Street in Lexington, NC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lexington Police Department.

This page will tell you info about everything you might need to know about the Lexington Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Lexington Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Davidson County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask them, and any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Lexington Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lexington Police Jail Inmate List has information about people who have been arrested, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find the same information on anybody who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find the information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Lexington Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Lexington Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

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

First, you have to answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, address, date of birth and contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will 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 discharged from jail.

You will get to make a telephone call so you can contact 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 skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get released. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Lexington Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must provide each visitor’s full name to the Lexington Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the log as an authorized visitor. All visitors is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

The Lexington Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the official Lexington Police Jail at 336-243-2489 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Lexington Police Jail you have to be on their 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 mobile phones are allowed at Lexington Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Lexington Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lexington 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 Lexington 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 Lexington 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check court records on the website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. 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 know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Davidson County jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to the Davidson County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Lexington Police Jail inmates could change, so double check the Lexington Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lexington 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 Lexington Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 336-243-2489 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 Lexington Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Lexington Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are generally more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, phone calls may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Lexington Police Jail phone number is: 336-243-2489

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the inmate phone calls are shared 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 Lexington 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 finding out how to decrease 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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