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Farmville Police Jail Information

Address

Farmville Police Jail
116 North Main Street
Farmville, VA 23901-1306

Phone Number

Phone: 434-392-9259

The Farmville Police Jail is located at 116 North Main Street in Farmville, VA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Farmville Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything one might want to know about the Farmville Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and advice you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or feedback that could help other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Farmville Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member, loved one, or friend that has gone to jail and don’t know how to locate them? Do you know a friend or family member who has been arrested and you don’t know how to locate them?

To search who’s in jail at the Farmville Police Jail you should use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Farmville Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get info for anybody arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information fast if you have the arrestee’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Farmville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Farmville Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

First you have to answer a number of questions, like what is your legal name, address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process will take from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, it might depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, you should expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Farmville Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give information about each visitor to the Farmville Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the visitation log as an authorized visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide identification. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so you should call the official Farmville Police Jail at 434-392-9259 before you try to visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Farmville Police Jail you have to be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Farmville Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anyone on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not going to be 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor 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 Farmville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Farmville 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.

Mailing Address

Use this address when sending a letter to someone incarcerated at Farmville Police Jail:

Farmville Police Jail
116 North Main Street
Farmville, VA 23901-1306

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Farmville Police Jail
116 North Main Street
Farmville, VA 23901-1306

The Farmville Police Jail inmate mail policy changes often, so we suggest that you review the official website before you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Farmville 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 Farmville 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Prince Edward County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to the Prince Edward County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to people in jail are always changing, so you should visit the Farmville Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Farmville 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 Farmville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 434-392-9259 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 inmateâ€™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 Farmville Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from 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 the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Farmville Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are much more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on 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 jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 434-392-9259

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. 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 Farmville Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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