Gretna Police Jail

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The Gretna Police Jail is located at 105 South Shelton Street in Gretna, VA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Gretna Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Gretna Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you advice and information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Gretna Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Gretna Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals currently in custody, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get the same information for anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information faster if you have their name, birth date, or arrest number.

Gretna Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Gretna Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your full legal name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you make a phone call to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be 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 uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process can take anywhere between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a discharge date, you should plan to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Gretna Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to list information about each visitor to the Gretna Police Jail in advance. This information will be put in a log of approved visitors for the inmate. All visitors is required to provide proof of identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Gretna Police Jail change often, so call the facility at 434-656-6123 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Gretna Police Jail you must be on this person’s visitation list.

Make 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 phones at Gretna Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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, this 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Gretna Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Gretna 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 Gretna 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 Gretna 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 an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the court records on the Pittsylvania County jail website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Pittsylvania County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a court case file that contains a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You can access the court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Gretna Police Jail inmates could change, so double check the Gretna Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Gretna 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 Gretna Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 434-656-6123 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 Gretna Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use 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 purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Gretna Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 434-656-6123

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control 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 Gretna 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 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 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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