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Piedmont Police Jail Information

Address

Piedmont Police Jail
49 3Rd Street
Piedmont, WV 26750-1034

Phone Number

Phone: 304-355-2710

The Piedmont Police Jail is located at 49 3Rd Street in Piedmont, WV and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Piedmont Police Department.

This page tells you info about anything one might want to know about the Piedmont Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Piedmont Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and lots more.

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you advice and information that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that would help other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Piedmont Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that is locked up and need to find them? Do you know a family member or friend that’s been arrested and you need to find them?

To search who is in jail at the Piedmont Police Jail you will have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Piedmont Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get info for anybody arrested and booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you’ve got their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Piedmont Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Piedmont 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, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you will answer a number of questions, like what is your legal name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get 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 get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process will take anywhere from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged from jail. Also, it depends on whether you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate must decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, plan to be discharged that morning.

Piedmont Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Piedmont Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will go into the visitors log as an approved visitor. Every visitor must provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Piedmont Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so make sure that you call the facility at 304-355-2710 before you go to visitation.

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 an inmate at the Piedmont Police Jail you must first have your name 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 or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Piedmont Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be 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 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 Piedmont Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Piedmont 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

The mailing address for the Piedmont Police Jail is:

Piedmont Police Jail
49 3Rd Street
Piedmont, WV 26750-1034

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Piedmont Police Jail
49 3Rd Street
Piedmont, WV 26750-1034

The Piedmont Police Jail inmate mail policy can change, so we suggest that you review the the Piedmont Police Jail website when send a letter to someone in jail there.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Piedmont 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 Piedmont 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the Mineral County jail website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Mineral County jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that contains a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You are able to access court records online, or at the Mineral County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive 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 DWI or DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Piedmont Police Jail are always changing, so it would be best to check the Piedmont Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Piedmont 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 Piedmont Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 304-355-2710 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 Piedmont Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

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

All phone calls from the Piedmont Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, phone calls may be limited or cut altogether.

The Piedmont Police Jail phone number is: 304-355-2710

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 get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all 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 Piedmont Police Jail. The rates 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 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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