Trenton Police Jail

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The Trenton Police Jail is located at 106 Church Street in Trenton, SC and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Trenton Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Trenton Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Trenton Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Edgefield County court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or feedback that could help other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Trenton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Trenton Police Jail Inmate List has information about people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. You can find the same information about anybody processed or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate the information faster if you enter their name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Trenton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Trenton Police Jail takes you through these steps:

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

The first step is that you will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full legal name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. This process can take from 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. It also will depend on if you have a bond amount or if the judge must figure out the bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, expect to get released in the morning.

Trenton Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give information about each visitor to the Trenton Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into the log for the inmate. Every visitor is required to provide proof of identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

The Trenton Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so you should call the official Trenton Police Jail at 803-275-4840 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Trenton Police Jail you have to be added to this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Trenton Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not going to be 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 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 Trenton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Trenton 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 Trenton 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 Trenton 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Edgefield County court website or call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Edgefield County jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. Go to the Edgefield County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to people in jail change frequently, so review the Trenton Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Trenton 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 Trenton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 803-275-4840 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 Trenton 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 products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary 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

The only phone calls that Trenton Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are typically more expensive than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, 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, phone privileges might get cut back or cut altogether.

The Trenton Police Jail phone number is: 803-275-4840

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control 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 Trenton Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease 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 calling your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison 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 Trenton Police Jail, click the link below.

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