Damascus Police Jail

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The Damascus Police Jail is located at 208 West Laurel Avenue in Damascus, VA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Damascus Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Damascus Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Washington County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Damascus Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Damascus Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people who have been arrested, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get the same information on anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Damascus Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

First you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to use the phone to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged can take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get let go. Also, it might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Damascus Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Damascus Police Jail in advance. This information will go in the visitors log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so call the facility at 276-475-3341 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Damascus Police Jail you have to be on this person’s visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Damascus Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If the 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 Damascus Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Damascus 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 Damascus 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 Damascus 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 are able to check the court records on the Washington County jail website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Washington County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any of the documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Damascus Police Jail inmates is likely to change, so be sure to check the Damascus Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Damascus 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 Damascus Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 276-475-3341 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 Damascus Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, 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 money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Damascus Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are typically pricier 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 inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 276-475-3341

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Damascus Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their inmate 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 Damascus Police Jail, click the link below.

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